Lord Waldegrave of North Hill

William Waldegrave

William Waldegrave

Party

Conservative

Address as

Lord Waldegrave

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

Biography

Electoral history

MP (Conservative) for Bristol West 1979-97

Parliamentary career

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Department of Education and Science 1981-83, Department of Environment (DoE) 1983-85; Minister of State: DoE 1985-88, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1988-90; Secretary of State for Health 1990-92; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Public Service and Science 1992-94; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1994-95; Chief Secretary to HM Treasury 1995-97

Lords career

President Parliamentary and Scientific Committee 2000-03

Party groups

Hon. Life member, Tory Reform Group

Councils, public bodies

JP, Inner London Juvenile Court 1975-79

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, of Chewton Mendip in the County of Somerset 1999

Register of Interests

1: Directorships

Non-executive Board Member, Coutts & Co, a subsidiary of RBS (banking)

Chairman, Henry Sotheran & Co Ltd (fine books/prints)

Waldegrave Farms Ltd

Chairman, Biotech Growth Trust plc

2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Provost, Eton College

4: Shareholdings (a)

Waldegrave Farms Ltd (tenant farming company)

10: Non-financial interests (a)

Trustee, Wellington Resettled Estate

10: Non-financial interests (b)

Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford

10: Non-financial interests (e)

Chair, Royal Mint Advisory Committee

Trustee, Strawberry Hill Collections Trust

Trustee, Strawberry Hill Trust

Trustee, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor