Background
WALDEGRAVE, Rt. Hon. William Arthur Parents: the Earl Waldcgrave, KG (Knight of the Order of the Garter) and Mary Grenfell.
WALDEGRAVE, Rt. Hon. William Arthur Parents: the Earl Waldcgrave, KG (Knight of the Order of the Garter) and Mary Grenfell.
Eton College; Oxford University. Harvard University, USA.
Member. Central Policy Review Staff, Cabinet Office, 1971-1973. Member. Political Staff at 10 Downing Street, 1973-1974. Leader of Opposition’s Office, 1974-1975.
Member of Parliament for Bristol West, since 1979. Under Secretary of State, Department of Education and Science, 1981-1983. Under Secretary of State, Department of Environment, 1983-1985.
Minister of State, Department of Environment, 1985-1986, for Environment, Countryside and Planning, 1986-1987. Minister of State for Housing and Planning, 1987-1988. Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1988-1990.
Secretary state for Health, 1990-1992. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. GEC Ltd., 1975-1981; Magistrate, 1974.
C of E.
Clubs: Beefsteak Club. Pratt’s Club.
Spouse Caroline (née Burrows), 1977.