He resided in the Isle of Man, acting as commissioner from the British government watching the excise on the island's trade.
Soon after Waldron's death, his Compleat Works in Verse and Prose were "printed for the widow and orphans" in London, 1731.
The first part contains "Miscellany Poems" and the second "Tracts, Political and Historical", including Waldron's main work, "A Description of the Isle of Man".
This, written in 1726, was twice reprinted in London, then edited with an introductory notice and notes by William Harrison for the Manx Society (vol.
Sir Walter Scott in Peveril of the Peak made strong use of this work of Waldron's.