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 Earl Waldegrave, from Vanity Fair, 1912.

The eldest son of William Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton, Waldegrave was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. After succeeding to his grandfather's titles at the age of nine, Lord Waldegrave served as a volunteer in the British Army and later retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel.

On 5 August 1874, he married 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.

Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Limerick	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1896–1908	Succeeded by The Lord Allendale
Preceded by The Earl of Limerick	Chief Whip of the House of Lords 1896–1911	Succeeded by The Earl of Craven
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by William Waldegrave	Earl Waldegrave 1859–1930	Succeeded by William Waldegrave