Editing William Hague (section)

==Personal life==
Hague married Ffion Jenkins at the [[Chapel of St Mary Undercroft]] on 19 December 1997. [[Ffion Hague]] is now styled The Lady Hague of Richmond.

Hague serves as a vice-president of the [[Friends of the British Library]], which provides funding support for the [[British Library]] to make new acquisitions.<ref name="ar0607">{{cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/supportus/pdf/friendsannrep0607.pdf |title=Friends of the British Library Annual Report 2006/07 |access-date=7 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415020637/http://www.bl.uk/supportus/pdf/friendsannrep0607.pdf |archive-date=15 April 2010 }}</ref> He is a [[Patron]] of the European Youth Parliament UK, an educational charity organisation that runs debating competitions and discussion forums across the UK {{cn|date=April 2025}} and is President of the [[Britain–Australia Society]]. Hague practises judo,<ref>{{cite news |title= How judo made a man out of Hague |work= [[The Independent]] |date= 23 July 2000 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/how-judo-made-a-man-out-of-hague-707222.html |access-date= 11 June 2010 |location= London |first= Cole |last= Morton |archive-date= 13 May 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110513090443/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/how-judo-made-a-man-out-of-hague-707222.html |url-status= live }}</ref> and has a keen interest in music, learning to play the piano shortly after the 2001 general election.<ref>{{Cite news|last=McKie|first=David|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/nov/05/classicalmusicandopera|title=William Hague - the piano years|date=5 November 2003|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 April 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=13 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613094915/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/nov/05/classicalmusicandopera|url-status=live}}</ref>                                                                                                                He is an enthusiast for the natural history and countryside of his native Yorkshire.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 November 2003|title=William Hague - the piano years|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/nov/05/classicalmusicandopera|access-date=31 October 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=1 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101121534/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/nov/05/classicalmusicandopera|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2015 Hague purchased a £2.5 million country house, [[Cyfronydd Hall]], in [[Powys]], Wales.<ref name=telegraph-20150115>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11348337/William-Hague-splashes-out-on-2.5million-Welsh-country-estate.html |title=William Hague splashes out on £2.5million Welsh country estate |last=Ward |first=Victoria |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=15 January 2015 |access-date=9 October 2017 |archive-date=9 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009144015/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11348337/William-Hague-splashes-out-on-2.5million-Welsh-country-estate.html |url-status=live }}</ref>