The Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, PC's Biography
- Forename(s)
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William Arthur Waldegrave
- Sex
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Male
- Decorations
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PC (1990)
- Date of Birth
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15/8/1946
- Foretitle(s)
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Baron (Life Peer UK 1999), of Chewton Mendip in the County of Somerset;
- Surname
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WALDEGRAVE OF NORTH HILL
- Style
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The Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, PC
The Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, PC's Professional Career
- Career
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distinguished fell All Souls Oxford; CPRS 1971-73, on political staff 10 Downing St 1973-74, head Political Office of Rt Hon Edward Heath (as ldr of the oppn) 1974-75; with GEC Ltd 1975-81, memb IBA Advsy Cncl 1980; MP (Cons) Bristol W 1979-97, jt vice-chm Fin Ctee to Sept 1981, under sec of state DES (for Higher Educn) 1981-83, chm Ctee for Local Authy Higher Educn 1982-83, under sec of state DOE 1983-85, min of state DOE 1985, min of state FCO 1988, sec of state for Health 1990-92, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (with responsibility for the Citizen's Charter and Sci) 1992-94, min for agriculture fisheries and food 1994-95, chief sec to the Treasy 1995-97; pres Parly and Sci Ctee 2001; md Corp Fin Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein 1998-2003; vice-chm Investment Banking Div UBS 2003-09; provost Eton Coll 2009-; dir: Bristol & West plc, Finsbury Life Sciences Investment Tst (now Finsbury Emerging Biotechnology Tst), Sotherans Ltd, Waldegrave Farms Ltd; chm Advsy Ctee Royal Mint 2011-; tstee: Rhodes Tst 1992- (chm 2002-11), Beit Memorial Fellowships for Med Res; chm Nat Museum of Sci and Indust 2002-10, chm of tstees Bristol Cathedral Tst; JP Inner London 1975-79
The Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, PC's Publications
- Books and Publications
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The Binding of Leviathan - Conservatism and the Future (1977), Changing Gear - What the Government Should Do Next (pamphlet, co-author, 1981), various other pamphlets
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