William Henry Waddington
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Son Excellence William Waddington |
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| 34th Prime Minister of France | |
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In office 4 February 1879 – 28 December 1879 |
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| Preceded by | Jules Dufaure |
| Succeeded by | Charles de Freycinet |
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| Born | 11 December 1826 Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre |
| Died | 13 January 1894 (aged 67) Paris |
| Political party | None |
William Henry Waddington (11 December 1826 – 13 January 1894) was a French who served as Prime Minister in 1879, and as an Ambassador of France.
Waddington was born at the Château of Saint-Rémy in Eure-et-Loir, the son of a rich English industrialist, Thomas Waddington, whose family had established a large cotton manufacturing business in France, Établissements Waddington fils et Cie.
His father and mother Anne (née Chisholm) were both naturalised French citizens, and Waddington received his early education at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. He was then sent to Rugby School in England, supervised by his uncle Walter Shirley. After Rugby, he was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge; he took an MA degree, having won Second Prize in Classics as well as the prestigious Chancellor's Gold Medal.
Waddington rowed in the victorious Cambridge eight in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race on the Thames in race of March 1849; he did not take part in the repeat race in December later that year, which Oxford won.
Waddington married firstly, in 1850, Mathilde (died 1852), daughter of the banker, Henri Lutteroth; they had a son Henri (1852-1939), a Captain in the Chasseurs Alpins (French Army), who married Émilie de La Robertie.
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