# Daniel Hannan **URL:** --- Lord Hannan of Kingsclere is an author and columnist. He serves as International Secretary of the Conservative Party, and he teaches at the University of Buckingham and the University of Francisco Marroquín. He has written nine books, including the New York Times bestseller _Inventing Freedom: How the English-​Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World_. He sat as a Conservative MEP for twenty-one years, and was a founder of Vote Leave. He is a regular columnist for, among others, _The Sunday Telegraph_, _The Washington Examiner_ and _The Daily Mail_. Lord Hannan is president of the _Institute for Free Trade._