David Waddington

The Lord Waddington
Portrait by Nick Sinclair, 1991
Governor of Bermuda
In office
11 April 1992 – 2 May 1997
MonarchElizabeth II
Premier
Preceded byDesmond Langley
Succeeded byThorold Masefield
In office
28 November 1990 – 11 April 1992
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byThe Lord Belstead
Succeeded byThe Lord Wakeham
Home Secretary
In office
26 October 1989 – 28 November 1990
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byDouglas Hurd
Succeeded byKenneth Baker
In office
13 June 1987 – 24 July 1989
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byJohn Wakeham
Succeeded byTim Renton
Minister of State for Immigration
In office
6 January 1983 – 13 June 1987
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byTimothy Raison
Succeeded byTim Renton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment
In office
5 January 1981 – 6 January 1983
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byPatrick Mayhew
Succeeded byJohn Gummer
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
16 May 1979 – 5 January 1981
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byAlfred Bates
Succeeded byJohn Wakeham
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
4 December 1990 – 26 March 2015
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Ribble Valley
Clitheroe (1979–1983)
In office
1 March 1979 – 29 November 1990
Preceded byDavid Walder
Succeeded byMichael Carr
Member of Parliament
for Nelson and Colne
In office
27 June 1968 – 20 September 1974
Preceded bySydney Silverman
Succeeded byDoug Hoyle
Personal details
Born
David Charles Waddington

(1929-08-02)2 August 1929
Burnley, Lancashire, England
Died23 February 2017(2017-02-23) (aged 87)
South Cheriton, Somerset, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Gillian Green
(m. 1958)
Children5
Alma mater

David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington, GCVO, PC, QC, DL (2 August 1929 – 23 February 2017) was a British politician and barrister.

A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1974 and 1979 to 1990, and was then made a life peer in the House of Lords. During his parliamentary career, Waddington worked in government as Chief Whip, then as Home Secretary and finally as Leader of the House of Lords. He then served as the Governor of Bermuda between 1992 and 1997.