Cecil Parkinson
Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson , PC (born September 1, 1931 in Carnforth , Lancashire - † January 22, 2016 ) was a British Conservative politician. He resigned as Minister of Transport in 1990 when Margaret Thatcher left office.
Career
Cecil Parkinson was born in 1931 into simple circumstances as the son of a railroad worker; he attended the Lancaster Royal Grammar School in Lancaster . In 1970 he was elected to the House of Commons for Enfield West . In 1974 he moved to the Hertfordshire South constituency . After the 1979 election, he became Junior Trade Minister . In September 1981 he became chairman of the Conservative Party and was given a seat in Thatcher I's cabinet . From 1981 to 1983 he was Paymaster General , from 1982 to 1983 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster .
He ran a very successful campaign in the 1983 election and was appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry, but was forced to resign in October 1983 after it became known that he had fathered a daughter in a relationship with his secretary Sara Keays . In 1993, however, he obtained an injunction that the media were no longer allowed to name his daughter. The child suffered from autism and had a brain tumor operation at the age of four. On the child's 18th birthday, it was revealed that Parkinson's had never seen the child or even written a birthday card.
In 1987 Cecil Parkinson became Minister of Energy and in 1989 Minister of Transport. He resigned when Margaret Thatcher left office.
After the 1992 elections he was raised to Baron Parkinson , of Carnforth in the County of Lancashire. In 1997 he was re-elected chairman of the Conservative Party, but withdrew from politics in 1998. But later he was vice chairman of the Conservative Way Forward group within the party. Parkinson was a member of the House of Lords from his 1992 Life Peer survey to his voluntary resignation on September 14, 2015 .
literature
- Cecil Edward Parkinson , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 19/1990 of April 30, 1990, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Cecil Parkinson at the Hansard (English)
- Biography on the website of the House of Lords (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Parkinson, Cecil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Parkinson, Cecil Edward Parkinson Baron (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Conservative Politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Carnforth , Lancashire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd January 2016 |