What is David Waddington?
'''David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington''' (2 August 1929 &ndash; 23 February 2017) was a British politician. He was a member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], and a supporter of [[Margaret Thatcher]]. Waddington was born in [[Lancashire]]]. He studied at [[Hertford College, Oxford]] and at [[Gray's Inn]], where he qualified as a [[barrister]]. Waddington served as a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] from 1968 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1990. He was then made a [[life peer]]. He was the government [[Chief Whip]] from 1987 to 1989, and served in the [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] as [[Home Secretary]] from 1989 to 1990. He served as [[Leader of the House of Lords]] from 1990 to 1992. He then served as the [[Governor of Bermuda]] from 1992 to 1997. Waddington died on 23 February 2017 in England, aged 87.<ref name=IObit>{{cite news|title=Lord Waddington obituary: Chief Whip and former Home Secretary was loyal supporter of Margaret Thatcher|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/david-waddington-dead-obituary-lord-chief-whip-and-home-secretary-a7598251.html|first=Dennis|last=Kavanagh|work=The Independent|date=25 February 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-waddington/722 Profile on Parliament website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Waddington, David}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from Lancashire]] [[Category:Members of the British House of Commons for English constituencies]] [[Category:Conservative Life Peers]] [[Category:UK MPs 1966–1970]] [[Category:UK MPs 1970–1974]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974–1979]] [[Category:UK MPs 1979–1983]] [[Category:UK MPs 1983–1987]] [[Category:UK MPs 1987–1992]] [[Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs]] {{bio-stub}}