Cecil Parkinson
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The Right Honourable The Lord Parkinson PC |
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| Chairman of the Conservative Party | |
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In office 11 June 1997 – 1 June 1998 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Brian Mawhinney |
| Succeeded by | Michael Ancram |
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In office 14 September 1981 – 11 June 1983 |
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| Leader | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | The Lord Thorneycroft |
| Succeeded by | John Gummer |
| Secretary of State for Transport | |
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In office 24 July 1989 – 28 November 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Paul Channon |
| Succeeded by | Malcolm Rifkind |
| Secretary of State for Energy | |
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In office 13 June 1987 – 24 July 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Peter Walker |
| Succeeded by | John Wakeham |
| Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |
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In office 12 June 1983 – 14 October 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by |
The Lord Cockfield (Trade) Patrick Jenkin (Industry) |
| Succeeded by | Norman Tebbit |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 6 April 1982 – 11 June 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Young |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Cockfield |
| Paymaster General | |
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In office 14 September 1981 – 11 June 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Francis Pym |
| Succeeded by | John Gummer |
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Member of Parliament for Hertsmere |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | James Clappison |
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Member of Parliament for South Hertfordshire |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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Member of Parliament for Enfield West |
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In office 19 November 1970 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Iain Macleod |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 September 1931 Carnforth, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 22 January 2016 (aged 84) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Jarvis (m. 1957) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson,PC (1 September 1931 – 22 January 2016) was a British Conservative politician and cabinet minister.
A chartered accountant by training, he entered Parliament in 1970 and was appointed a minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government in 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 after revelations that his former secretary, Sara Keays, was pregnant with his child, which she later bore and named Flora Keays.
Parkinson subsequently served as Secretary of State for Energy, and later 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.
Parkinson was born in Carnforth, Lancashire, in 1931. He was the son of a railway worker. He was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, a state-run day and boarding school for boys, from where he won a scholarship to Cambridge University, where he read English at Emmanuel College, later switching to read law. He won a Blue as an athlete, competing over 220 and 440 yards. While at university, he was a Labour supporter and for a time was a member of the Labour Party. He did National Service as an NCO in the Royal Air Force. He married Ann Mary Jarvis in 1957. They had three daughters: Mary, Emma and Joanna.
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