David Waddington

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David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington GCVO DL QC PC (* 2. August 1929 in Burnley , England ; † 23. February 2017 ) was a British politician of the Conservative Party , which not only ministers but also Governor of Bermuda was.

biography

After visiting the Sedbergh School , he studied at Hertford College of Oxford University . After being admitted as a lawyer , he took up a position as a lawyer in 1951 .

In 1968 he was a candidate of the Conservative Party for the first time as a deputy in the lower house ( House of Commons ) selected and represented there until 1974, the interests of the constituency Nelson and Colne . In 1974 he suffered an election defeat and therefore left the House of Commons.

In a by -election , Waddington was re-elected MP in March 1979, was representative of the Clitheroe constituency until 1983 and then between 1983 and 1990 of the Ribble Valley constituency . At the same time he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1986 to 1989 .

In 1989 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher appointed him to the cabinet for the first time as Home Secretary. He held this office until the end of Thatcher's tenure in November 1990.

After retiring from the House, he was on 4 December 1990, entitled Baron Waddington , of Read in the Lancashire as a Life Peer in the peerage charged and was therefore also the upper house (House of Lords) to. In addition, he was from 1990 to April 1992 as Lord Privy Seal (Lord Privy Seal) the extended Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major , and was at the same time Leader of the House.

Most recently, Baron Waddington was Desmond Langley's successor between 1992 and 1997 as governor of Bermuda. He was followed by Thorold Masefield as the new governor.

On March 26, 2015, Waddington voluntarily retired and left the House of Lords under the rules of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stephen Bates: Lord Waddington obituary. In: The Guardian . Guardian News & Media Ltd., February 24, 2017, accessed March 10, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Waddington, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waddington, David Charles, Baron Waddington (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Conservative Party politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Burnley , Lancashire , England , UK
DATE OF DEATH 23rd February 2017