David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford

**David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford**,  (born 18 January 1936) is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic expert. He was the Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher's cabinet.

He also was Minister of State in the Foreign Office from the election in 2010 until 2012. In 2016, he became Chair of the House of Lords International Relations Committee.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: The Lord Howell of Guildford
- **image**: Official portrait of Lord Howell of Guildford 2020 crop 2.jpg
- **caption**: Howell in 2020
- **office**: Chair of the House of Lords International Relations Committee
- **predecessor**: _Committee established_
- **successor**: Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, The Baroness Anelay of St Johns
- **term start**: 25 May 2016
- **term end**: 1 July 2019
- **office1**: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (United Kingdom), Minister of State for International Energy Policy
- **term start1**: 14 May 2010
- **term end1**: 5 September 2012
- **primeminister1**: David Cameron
- **1blankname1**: Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Sec. of State
- **1namedata1**: William Hague
- **predecessor1**: Ivan Lewis
- **successor1**: Hugo Swire
- **office2**: Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
- **term start2**: 8 June 2005
- **term end2**: 6 May 2010
- **leader2**: Michael Howard
David Cameron
- **1blankname2**: Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, Shad. Leader
- **1namedata2**: Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, The Lord Strathclyde
- **2blankname2**: Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom), Shadowing
- **2namedata2**: Jeff Rooker, The Lord Rooker
Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath, The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
- **office5**: Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee
- **term start5**: 1 January 1987
- **term end5**: 21 March 1997
- **predecessor5**: Anthony Kershaw
- **successor5**: Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea, Donald Anderson
- **office6**: Secretary of State for Transport
- **primeminister6**: Margaret Thatcher
- **term start6**: 14 September 1981
- **term end6**: 11 June 1983
- **predecessor6**: Norman Fowler
- **successor6**: Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater, Tom King
- **office7**: Department of Energy (United Kingdom), Secretary of State for Energy
- **primeminister7**: Margaret Thatcher
- **term start7**: 4 May 1979
- **term end7**: 14 September 1981
- **predecessor7**: Tony Benn
- **successor7**: Nigel Lawson
- **office8**: Secretary of State for Energy, Minister of State for Energy
- **primeminister8**: Edward Heath
- **1blankname8**: Secretary of State for Energy, Sec. of State
- **1namedata8**: Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, The Lord Carrington
- **term start8**: 8 January 1974
- **term end8**: 4 March 1974
- **predecessor8**: _Position established_
- **successor8**: Thomas Balogh, Baron Balogh, Thomas Balogh
- **office9**: Minister of State, Northern Ireland, Minister of State for Northern Ireland
- **primeminister9**: Edward Heath
- **1blankname9**: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Sec. of State
- **1namedata9**: Francis Pym
- **term start9**: 5 November 1972
- **term end9**: 8 January 1974
- **predecessor9**: William van Straubenzee
- **successor9**: Stan Orme
- **office10**: Northern Ireland Office, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
- **primeminister10**: Edward Heath
- **term start10**: 26 March 1972
- **term end10**: 5 November 1972
- **1blankname10**: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Sec. of State
- **1namedata10**: William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Willie Whitelaw
- **predecessor10**: _Position established_
- **successor10**: Peter Mills (British politician), Peter Mills
- **office11**: Secretary of State for Employment, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment
- **1blankname11**: Secretary of State for Employment, Sec. of State
- **1namedata11**: Robert Carr
Maurice Macmillan
- **primeminister11**: Edward Heath
- **term start11**: 5 January 1971
- **term end11**: 26 March 1972
- **predecessor11**: Dudley Smith
- **successor11**: Nicholas Scott
- **office12**: Lord of the Treasury, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
- **primeminister12**: Edward Heath
- **term start12**: 24 June 1970
- **term end12**: 6 January 1971
- **1blankname12**: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chancellor
- **1namedata12**: Anthony Barber
- **predecessor12**: Reginald Eyre
- **successor12**: Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, Hector Monro
- **office13**: Minister for the Civil Service, Parliamentary Secretary for the Civil Service Department
- **primeminister13**: Edward Heath
- **term start13**: 23 June 1970
- **term end13**: 26 March 1972
- **predecessor13**: _Position established_
- **successor13**: Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, Kenneth Baker
- **office14**: Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
- **term start14**: 18 June 1997
Life Peerage
- **office15**: Member of Parliament (UK), Member of Parliament
for Guildford (UK Parliament constituency), Guildford
- **term start15**: 31 March 1966
- **term end15**: 8 April 1997
- **predecessor15**: George Nugent, Baron Nugent of Guildford, George Nugent
- **successor15**: Nick St Aubyn
- **birth name**: David Arthur Russell Howell
- **birth place**: London, United Kingdom
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **alma mater**: King's College, Cambridge
- **children**: 3, including Frances Osborne, Frances