William Waddington
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Son Excellence William Waddington |
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| France Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
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In office 1883-1893 |
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| Preceded by | Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour |
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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 |
| Spouse(s) |
Mathilde Lutteroth (m. 1850; her death 1852) Mary Alsop King (m. 1874; his death 1894) |
| Relations |
Richard Waddington (brother) Charles Waddington (cousin) Walter Shirley (uncle) |
| Children | Henri Waddington Francis Richard Waddington |
| Parents | Thomas Waddington Anne Chisholm |
| Education | Rugby School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Awards | Grand-Croix, Légion d'honneur |
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.
Returning to France, Waddington devoted himself for some years to archaeological research. He travelled throughout Asia Minor, Greece and Syria, and his experiences and discoveries are detailed in two Mémoires, the first produced by the French Institute and subsequently in his Mélanges de numismatique et de philologie ("Numismatic and Philological Miscellanies", 1861).
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