British Offices and Honours
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The Right Honourable David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington, G.C.V.O., P.C., Q.C.

  • Born: 2 August 1929

Known as[]

  • 1929-1968: Mr. David Waddington
  • 1968-1971: Mr. David Waddington, M.P.
  • 1971-1974: Mr. David Waddington, Q.C., M.P.
  • 1974-1979: Mr. David Waddington, Q.C.
  • 1979-1987: Mr. David Waddington, Q.C., M.P.
  • 1987-1990: The Rt. Hon. David Waddington, P.C., Q.C.
  • 1990-1994: The Lord Waddington, P.C., Q.C.
  • 1994-present: The Lord Waddington, G.C.V.O., P.C., Q.C.

Education[]

  • Sedbergh School
  • Hertford College, Oxford
  • Gray's Inn

Political Offices[]

Colonial Offices[]

  • Governor of Bermuda, 1992-1997

Peerage Titles[]

  • 1990 - created Baron Waddington, for life, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Orders of Chivalry[]

  • Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 1994

Privy Council[]

Other Honours[]

  • Queen's Counsel, 1971
  • Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire, 1991

Parliamentary Seats[]

  • Member of Parliament for Nelson and Colne, 1968-1974
  • Member of Parliament for Clitheroe, 1979-1983
  • Member of Parliament for Ribble Valley, 1983-1990

Parliamentary Positions[]



Preceded by:
Douglas Hurd
Secretary of State for the Home Department
1989–1990
Succeeded by:
Kenneth Baker
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