Lord Waddington obituary

Lord Waddington in 1990, the year he was moved to the House of Lords.Being home secretary is never an easy job, but David Waddington’s brief tenure in that great office of state at the tail-end of Margaret Thatcher’s time as prime minister was more tempestuous than most.Plucked from being chief whip at the age of 60, Waddington, who has died aged 87, had to deal with a string of serious problems.