William Waldegrave, 9th Earl Waldegrave
- William Waldegrave, 9th Earl Waldegrave
William Frederick Waldegrave, 9th Earl Waldegrave VD PC (2 March 1851–12 August 1930) was a British Conservative politician.
The eldest son of William Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton, Waldegrave was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He succeeded to his grandfather's titles at the age of nine.
Waldegrave was commissioned into the 3rd Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1869. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1870 and resigned his commission as a Captain in 1872. He was commissioned an Ensign in the 1st London Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1873 and was promoted Lieutenant and Captain in 1874 and Major in 1886. He retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel.
On 5 August 1874, he married his first cousin, Lady Mary Dorothea Palmer, a daughter of the 1st Earl of Selborne and was a Lord-in-Waiting from 1886-92 and 1895-96 in both of Salisbury's terms.
He was later Chief Whip of the House of Lords from 1896-1911 and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1896-1905. Lord Waldegrave died in 1930, aged 78 and was succeeded by his eldest son, William.
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