Cecil Parkinson Politician
Cecil Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, PC (born 1 September 1931 in Carnforth, Lancashire), is a British Conservative politician and former 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.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.
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| office | Member of Parliament Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Secretary of State for Transport Paymaster General Secretary of State for Energy for Enfield West for Hertsmere for South Hertfordshire |
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