Memoirs: Dispatches from Margaret Thatcher's last Home Secretary - Hardcover

David Waddington

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849543194 ISBN 13: 9781849543194

Publisher: Biteback, 2012

Synopsis

David Waddington, Baron Waddington, was a Conservative MP from 1968 to 1990, before becoming a life peer. For over twenty years he was a government Chief Whip, then served in the Cabinet as Home Secretary from 1989 to 1990 and Leader of the House of Lords from 1990 to 1992. A junior minister under Margaret Thatcher, he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department of Employment, Minister of State at the Home Office and Chief Whip from 1987 until his elevation to Cabinet level, becoming Home Secretary in 1989. In 1990 he was created a life peer as Baron Waddington, of Read in the County of Lancashire. He served as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords until 1992. He served as Governor of Bermuda 1992 - 1997. This book contains the fascinating reflections of a man who spent his career at the heart of power.

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David Waddington, Baron Waddington of Read, is a Conservative peer and is chair of the European Reform Group.

About this edition

• Publisher: Biteback
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1849543194
• ISBN 13: 9781849543194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352