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William Waldegrave
William Waldegrave was born in 1946 and was educated at Oxford University. He was elected for the constituency of Bristol West in 1979 and promoted to Ministerial rank at the Department of Education in 1981, moving to the Department of the Environment in 1983 and then the Foreign Office in 1988. Shortly before her departure Margaret Thatcher promoted Waldegrave to Secretary of State for Health in 1990, a position he held until the 1992 General Election.
In 1992 Waldegrave became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at the Cabinet Office, then Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 1994 and then Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 1995. He lost his seat at the 1997 General Election and in 1999 was elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Waldegrave of North Hill. He is married to Caroline Waldegrave who is a well known cookery writer and also runs Prue Leith's School of Food and Wine.
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Important Speeches Made in Parliament:
House of Lords - November 27th 2007 [Climate Change Bill]
Sites about William Waldegrave:
Daily Telegraph - November 25th 1998 [Waldegrave Turns Down Countryside Job Offer]
Retrieved and last checked on January 25th 2008
10 Downing Street - May 9th 2002 [Waldegrave appointed to Chairman of National Museum of Science]
Retrieved and last checked on January 25th 2008
Blog Posts about William Waldegrave:
Chris Whiteside's Blog - August 3rd 2006 [Peter Oborne's Book - The Rise of Political Lying]
Retrieved and last checked on January 25th 2008