David Waddington, Baron Waddington

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The Right Honourable  David Waddington  Baron Waddington of Read in the County of Lancashire, GCVO, PC, QC, DL
Governor of Bermuda
In office 9 April 1992 – 4 May 1997
Preceded by	John Ganzoni
Succeeded by	John Wakeham
Lord Privy Seal
In office 28 November 1990 – 9 April 1992
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	John Ganzoni
Succeeded by	John Wakeham
Home Secretary
In office 24 July 1989 – 28 November 1990
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Douglas Hurd
Succeeded by	Kenneth Baker
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office 21 May 1986 – 24 July 1989
Preceded by	John Wakeham
Succeeded by	Tim Renton
Born	August 2, 1929 (1929-08-02) (age 78) London, UK
Political party	Conservative
Religion	Roman Catholic

David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington, GCVO, PC, QC, DL (born 2 August 1929) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Early Life 2 Member of Parliament 2.1 In government 2.2 Life Peer 3 Personal Life

[edit] Early Life

Educated at Sedbergh School, Hertford College, Oxford, where he was chairman of the Oxford University Conservative Association, he was called to the Bar in 1951.

[edit] Member of Parliament

He was first elected to Parliament in 1968, at a by-election in the Nelson and Colne constituency caused by the death of Labour MP Sydney Silverman. He was re-elected in 1970 and in February 1974, but lost his seat at the October 1974 general election, by a margin of 669 votes to Labour's Doug Hoyle.

Waddington's team made significant mistakes defending Stefan Kiszko in July 1976, in what would become one of the most notorious miscarriages of justice in British Law in the 20th Century.

He was returned to Parliament at the by-election in March 1979 for Clitheroe, the constituency being renamed Ribble Valley in 1983.

[edit] In government

A junior minister under Margaret Thatcher, Waddington was Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department of Employment (1981–83), Minister of State at the Home Office (1983–87) and Chief Whip from 1987 until his elevation to Cabinet level, becoming Home Secretary in 1989.

[edit] Life Peer

In 1990 he was created a life peer as Baron Waddington, of Read in the County of Lancashire. He served as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords until 1992. He later served as Governor of Bermuda.

[edit] Personal Life

Lord Waddington is currently Chairman of the European Reform Forum.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sydney Silverman	Member of Parliament for Nelson and Colne 1968–October 1974	Succeeded by Doug Hoyle
Preceded by David Walder	Member of Parliament for Clitheroe 1979–1983	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Ribble Valley 1983–1990	Succeeded by Michael Carr
Political offices
Preceded by John Wakeham	Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1986–1989	Succeeded by Timothy Renton
Preceded by Douglas Hurd	Home Secretary 1989–1990	Succeeded by Kenneth Baker
Preceded by The Lord Belstead	Lord Privy Seal 1990–1992	Succeeded by The Lord Wakeham
Preceded by Sir Desmond Langley	Governor of Bermuda 1992–1997	Succeeded by Thorold Masefield