The Lord Waddington | |
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| Governor of Bermuda | |
| In office 11 April 1992 – 2 May 1997 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Premier | |
| Preceded by | Desmond Langley |
| Succeeded by | Thorold Masefield |
| In office 28 November 1990 – 11 April 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | The Lord Belstead |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Wakeham |
| Home Secretary | |
| In office 26 October 1989 – 28 November 1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Douglas Hurd |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Baker |
| In office 13 June 1987 – 24 July 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Wakeham |
| Succeeded by | Tim Renton |
| Minister of State for Immigration | |
| In office 6 January 1983 – 13 June 1987 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Timothy Raison |
| Succeeded by | Tim Renton |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment | |
| In office 5 January 1981 – 6 January 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Patrick Mayhew |
| Succeeded by | John Gummer |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 16 May 1979 – 5 January 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Alfred Bates |
| Succeeded by | John Wakeham |
| Member of theHouse of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 4 December 1990 – 26 March 2015 Life peerage | |
| Member of Parliament forRibble Valley Clitheroe (1979–1983) | |
| In office 1 March 1979 – 29 November 1990 | |
| Preceded by | David Walder |
| Succeeded by | Michael Carr |
| Member of Parliament forNelson and Colne | |
| In office 27 June 1968 – 20 September 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Sydney Silverman |
| Succeeded by | Doug Hoyle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Charles Waddington (1929-08-02)2 August 1929 Burnley, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 23 February 2017(2017-02-23) (aged 87) South Cheriton, Somerset, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | |
David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington,GCVO, PC, QC, DL (2 August 1929 – 23 February 2017) was a British politician andbarrister.
A member of theConservative Party, he served as aMember of Parliament (MP) in theHouse of Commons from 1968 to 1974 and 1979 to 1990, and was then made alife peer in theHouse of Lords. During his parliamentary career, Waddington worked in government asChief Whip, then asHome Secretary and finally asLeader of the House of Lords. He then served as theGovernor of Bermuda between 1992 and 1997.
Waddington was born inBurnley,Lancashire, the youngest of five. His father and grandfather were both solicitors in Burnley. He was educated atCressbrook School andSedbergh School, both independent schools.[1]
He then attendedHertford College, Oxford, where he became President of theOxford University Conservative Association. He wascalled to the Bar atGray's Inn in 1951.[2]
Waddington failed to adequately defend Stefan Kiszko, a civil servant accused of themurder of Lesley Molseed, atLeeds Crown Court in July 1976 in what would become one of the most notorious miscarriages of justice in British legal history. Waddington did not review or question any of the 6000+ statements that the prosecution presented at the last minute. He also failed to ask about semen evidence that could have proved Kiszko's innocence since the sample Kiszko provided did not match semen retained from Molseed's body. Kiszko served 16 years in prison, receiving frequent violent attacks for being a "child killer", after wrongly being found guilty. He died of a massive heart attack 20 months after he was fully released. The real murderer was eventually convicted in 2007. Waddington was a strong supporter ofcapital punishment.
Waddington stood for election several times before being successful. He was theConservative candidate atFarnworth in the1955 general election, atNelson and Colne in1964, and atHeywood and Royton in1966.[3]
He was first elected to Parliament at the1968 Nelson and Colne by-election, caused by the death ofLabour MPSydney Silverman. He was re-elected there in1970 and inFebruary 1974, but lost his seat at theOctober 1974 general election by a margin of 669 votes to Labour'sDoug Hoyle.[2]
Waddington was returned to Parliament forClitheroe at aby-election in March 1979, and was subsequently elected for the broadly similarRibble Valley constituency in1983.[1]
A junior minister underMargaret Thatcher, Waddington was aLord Commissioner of the Treasury and Government Whip (1979–81),Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department of Employment (1981–83), Minister of State at theHome Office (1983–87), andChief Whip from 1987 until his elevation toCabinet level in 1989, when he becameHome Secretary.[3] On Monday 5 November 1990, he was the guest-of-honour at the annual dinner of theConservative Monday Club[4]
On 4 December 1990, he was created alife peer asBaron Waddington, ofRead in theCounty of Lancashire.[5] He served asLord Privy Seal andLeader of the House of Lords until 1992. He then served asGovernor of Bermuda from 1992 until 1997.[6][7]
Lord Waddington was appointed aKnight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in 1994.[8] In 2008, his amendment to theCriminal Justice and Immigration Bill, known as theWaddington Amendment, inserted afreedom of speech clause into new anti-homophobichate crime legislation.[9]
In November 2009, the Government failed to repeal the Waddington Amendment in the Coroners and Justice Bill.[10][11] On 26 March 2015, Lord Waddington retired from the House of Lords pursuant to Section 1 of theHouse of Lords Reform Act 2014.[12]
Waddington married Gillian Rosemary Green (born 1939), the daughter ofAlan Green, on 20 December 1958. The couple had three sons and two daughters.[13]
Lord Waddington died ofpneumonia on 23 February 2017, at his home inSouth Cheriton, Somerset, aged 87.[2][13]
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After almost five years as Governor of Bermuda, Lord Waddington has come home to the Ribble Valley.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forNelson and Colne 1968–1974 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forClitheroe 1979–1983 | Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament forRibble Valley 1983–1990 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Chief Whip of the Conservative Party 1987–1989 | Succeeded by |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1987–1989 | ||
| Preceded by | Home Secretary 1989–1990 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Leader of the House of Lords 1990–1992 | Succeeded by |
| Lord Privy Seal 1990–1992 | ||
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| Preceded by | Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords 1990–1992 | Succeeded by |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by | Governor of Bermuda 1992–1997 | Succeeded by |
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