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The Lord Parkinson | |
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 Parkinson in 2015 | |
| Chairman of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 11 June 1997 – 1 June 1998 | |
| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Brian Mawhinney |
| Succeeded by | Michael Ancram |
| In office 14 September 1981 – 11 June 1983 | |
| Leader | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | The Lord Thorneycroft |
| Succeeded by | John Gummer |
| Secretary of State for Transport | |
| In office 24 July 1989 – 28 November 1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Paul Channon |
| Succeeded by | Malcolm Rifkind |
| Secretary of State for Energy | |
| In office 13 June 1987 – 24 July 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Peter Walker |
| Succeeded by | John Wakeham |
| Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |
| In office 12 June 1983 – 14 October 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by |
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| Succeeded by | Norman Tebbit |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| In office 6 April 1982 – 11 June 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Young |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Cockfield |
| Paymaster General | |
| In office 14 September 1981 – 11 June 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Francis Pym |
| Succeeded by | John Gummer |
| Minister of State for Trade | |
| In office 7 May 1979 – 14 September 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Michael Meacher |
| Succeeded by | Peter Rees |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 29 June 1992 – 14 September 2015 Life Peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Hertsmere South Hertfordshire (1974-1983) Enfield West (1970-1974) | |
| In office 20 November 1970 – 16 March 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Iain Macleod |
| Succeeded by | James Clappison |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1931 Carnforth, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 22 January 2016 (aged 84) Marylebone, London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Anne Jarvis (m. 1957) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, PC[1] (1 September 1931 – 22 January 2016) was a British Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister. A chartered accountant by training, he entered Parliament in November 1970, and was appointed a minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government in May 1979. He successfully managed the Conservative Party's 1983 election campaign, and was rewarded with an appointment as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, but was forced to resign following revelations that his former secretary, Sara Keays, was pregnant with his child, whom she later bore and named Flora Keays.[2] Flora was born with severe cerebral palsy.
Parkinson subsequently served as Secretary of State for Energy, and later Secretary of State for Transport. He resigned that office in 1990, on the same day that Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister. He was created Baron Parkinson in 1992, and served in the House of Lords until his retirement in September 2015.[3][4]
- ^ "No. 52979". The London Gazette. 2 July 1992. p. 11141.
- ^ "The only promise Cecil Parkinson ever kept - never to see his daughter". The Daily Telegraph. London. 6 January 2002. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Tory peer Cecil Parkinson retires from House of Lords". The Guardian. Press Association. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ The Lord Speaker (Baroness D’Souza) (14 September 2015). "Parliamentary debates". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. col. 1635–1635. Retrieved 15 September 2015.