What is William Waad?
[[File:Sir William Wadd late Lieutenant of the Tower.png|thumb|Sir William Waad]] Sir '''William Waad''' (also '''Wade''' or '''Wadd''') (1546 - 1623) was an English [[diplomacy|diplomat]] and [[administrator]].<ref name=bell>Gary M. Bell, ‘Waad, Sir William (1546–1623)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28364, {{subscription required}}, accessed 29 Dec 2015.</ref> He served as a special diplomatic agent for [[Elizabeth I of England]]. She sent him to [[France]] to collect papers which were used to convict her sister, [[Mary, Queen of Scots|Queen Mary]].<ref name=bell/> Waad also carried out the [[questioning]] and [[interrogation]]s of [[political prisoner]]s, often using [[torture]] to get the answers. He was involved in questioning [[Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]], members of the [[Gunpowder Plot]], and the Essex rebellion among others.<ref name=bell/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Waad, William}} [[Category:1546 births]] [[Category:1623 deaths]] [[Category:Members of the House of Commons of England]]