20 Facts About David Waddington

David Waddington then served as the Governor of Bermuda between 1992 and 1997.

David Waddington was born in Burnley, Lancashire, the youngest of five.

David Waddington was educated at Cressbrook School and Sedbergh School, both independent schools.

David Waddington then attended Hertford College, Oxford, where he became President of the Oxford University Conservative Association.

David Waddington was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1951.

David Waddington failed to adequately defend Stefan Kiszko, a civil servant accused of the murder of Lesley Molseed, at Leeds Crown Court in July 1976 in what would become one of the most notorious miscarriages of justice in British legal history.

David Waddington did not review or question any of the 6000+ statements that the prosecution presented at the last minute.

David Waddington failed to ask about semen evidence that could have proved Kiszko's innocence since the sample Kiszko provided did not match semen retained from Molseed's body.

David Waddington died of a massive heart attack 20 months after he was fully released.

David Waddington was the Conservative candidate at Farnworth in the 1955 general election, at Nelson and Colne in 1964, and at Heywood and Royton in 1966.

David Waddington was first elected to Parliament at the 1968 Nelson and Colne by-election, caused by the death of Labour MP Sydney Silverman.

David Waddington was re-elected there in 1970 and in February 1974, but lost his seat at the October 1974 general election by a margin of 669 votes to Labour's Doug Hoyle.

David Waddington was returned to Parliament for Clitheroe at a by-election in March 1979, and was elected for the broadly similar Ribble Valley constituency in 1983.

On 4 December 1990, he was created a life peer as Baron David Waddington, of Read in the County of Lancashire.

David Waddington served as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords until 1992.

David Waddington then served as Governor of Bermuda from 1992 until 1997.

Lord David Waddington was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1994.

In 2008, his amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, known as the David Waddington Amendment, inserted a freedom of speech clause into new anti-homophobic hate crime legislation.

On 26 March 2015, Lord David Waddington retired from the House of Lords pursuant to Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.

Lord David Waddington died of pneumonia on 23 February 2017, at his home in South Cheriton, Somerset, aged 87.