William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill

The Right Honourable
The Lord Waldegrave of North Hill
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Waldegrave of North Hill PC
	Official portrait, 2020
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
	In office; 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Chancellor	Kenneth Clarke
Preceded by	Jonathan Aitken
Succeeded by	Alistair Darling
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
	In office; 20 July 1994 – 5 July 1995
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Gillian Shephard
Succeeded by	Douglas Hogg
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
	In office; 10 April 1992 – 20 July 1994
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Chris Patten
Succeeded by	David Hunt
Secretary of State for Health
	In office; 2 November 1990 – 10 April 1992
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher ; John Major
Preceded by	Kenneth Clarke
Succeeded by	Virginia Bottomley
Prime Minister
Junior ministerial offices ; 1981–1990
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
	In office; 26 July 1988 – 2 November 1990
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Sec. of State	Geoffrey Howe; John Major; Douglas Hurd
Preceded by	David Mellor
Succeeded by	Douglas Hogg
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
	In office; 13 June 1987 – 26 July 1988
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Sec. of State	Nicholas Ridley
Preceded by	John Patten
Succeeded by	The Earl of Caithness
Minister of State for Environment, Countryside and Planning
	In office; 10 September 1986 – 12 June 1987
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Sec. of State	Nicholas Ridley
Preceded by	The Lord Elton
Succeeded by	The Lord Belstead
Minister of State for Local Government
	In office; 2 September 1985 – 9 September 1986
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Sec. of State	Kenneth Baker; Nicholas Ridley
Preceded by	Kenneth Baker
Succeeded by	Rhodes Boyson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State ; for Environment
	In office; 13 June 1983 – 2 September 1985 Serving with Sir George Young (1983–1985); The Earl of Avon (1983–1985)
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Sec. of State	Patrick Jenkin
Preceded by	Giles Shaw
Succeeded by	Angela Rumbold
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State ; for Education and Science
	In office; 15 September 1981 – 13 June 1983 Serving with Rhodes Boyson (1981–1983); William Shelton (1981–1983)
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Sec. of State	Mark Carlisle; Sir Keith Joseph
Preceded by	Neil Macfarlane
Succeeded by	Peter Brooke · Bob Dunn
Preceded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	Life peerage ; 28 July 1999
Member of Parliament ; for Bristol West
	In office; 3 May 1979 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Robert Cooke
Succeeded by	Valerie Davey
Personal details
Born	William Arthur Waldegrave; 15 August 1946; London, England
Party	Conservative
Spouse	Caroline Burrows (m. 1975)
Children	4
Parent(s)	The 12th Earl Waldegrave; Mary Hermione Grenfell
Relatives	The 13th Earl Waldegrave (brother); Lady Hussey of North Bradley (sister)
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	University of Oxford; Harvard University
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William Arthur Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill PC (/ˈwɔːlɡreɪv/; born 15 August 1946) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Cabinet minister from 1990 until 1997, and is a life member of the Tory Reform Group. Since 1999, he has been a life peer in the House of Lords. Lord Waldegrave was provost of Eton College from 2009 to 2024. Additionally, he was chancellor of the University of Reading from 2016 to 2022.

Waldegrave's 2015 memoir, A Different Kind of Weather, discusses his high youthful political ambition, his political and to some extent personal life, and growing acceptance that he would not achieve his ultimate ambition. It also provides an account of the Heath, Thatcher and—to a lesser extent—Major governments, including his role in the development of the poll tax or Community Charge. It includes a chapter entitled 'The Poll Tax – all my own work'.

Waldegrave served as a trustee (1992–2011) and chair (2002–2011) of the Rhodes Trust, during which time he also helped to create and served as a trustee of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation. His portrait hangs at Rhodes House, Oxford.

He was the chairman of trustees of the National Museum of Science and Industry from 2002 to 2010.