Lord David Howell of Guildford was first elected as a MP in 1966. He was Margaret Thatchers first Secretary of State for Energy and later became Secretary of State for Transport. In 2000 he became Chairman of the British Institute for Energy Economics and in 2003 he became Chairman of the Windsor Energy Group. William Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, PC, FRSL, is a British Conservative politician and life peer.