Waldegrave grew up privileged not just socially but intellectually . He was a Heath loyalist before transferring to his loyalties to Thatcher . From an early age , his ambition was to rise to high political office . His father had been the MP for North West Derbyshire from 1945 - 1950 and he went on to become Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1970.
Waldegrave grew up privileged not just socially but intellectually . He was a Heath loyalist before transferring to his loyalties to Thatcher . From an early age , his ambition was to rise to high political office . Thatcher liked him and eventually made him Health Secretary .