David Waddington

The Right Honourable The Lord Waddington GCVO PC QC DL
Portrait by Nick Sinclair, 1991
Governor of Bermuda
In office 11 April 1992 – 2 May 1997
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Premier	John Swan David Saul Pamela Gordon
Preceded by	Desmond Langley
Succeeded by	Thorold Masefield
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
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
Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
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 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 by	David Walder
Succeeded by	Michael Carr
Member of Parliament for Nelson 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	Gillian Green ​ (m. 1958)​
Children	5
Alma mater	Hertford College, Oxford Gray's Inn

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.