Cecil Parkinson’s Biography, Net Worth, Fact, Career, Awards and Life Story
Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, Pc (1 September 1931 – 22 January 2016) Was a British Conservative Politician and Cabinet Minister.
Frequently Asked Questions
Early Life
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.
Member of Parliament
In the June 1970 General Election Parkinson Stood as Candidate for Northampton but Was Not Elected. Parkinson Was Elected as Mp for Enfield West at a by-Election in November 1970, Following the Death of Iain Macleod. When That Constituency Was Abolished for the February 1974 General Election He Was Elected for the New South Hertfordshire Constituency. After the 1979 General Election, He Was Made a Junior Trade Minister. in September 1981 He Was Made Chairman of the Conservative Party, and Paymaster-General with a Seat in the Cabinet and in 1982 Was Given the Added Official Title of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Despite His Relatively Junior Status, He Was a Member of the Small War Cabinet Which Mrs Thatcher Set up to Run the Falklands War.
In Government
He Worked on the Conservative Party’s 1983 Election Campaign, Standing in the New Hertsmere Constituency After Hertfordshire South’s Abolition. as a Result of His Success on the Campaign, Thatcher Had Intended to Promote Him to Foreign Secretary, but Before the Election He Warned Her That This Would Be Unwise as His Former Secretary, Sara Keays, Was Carrying His Child. Although Thatcher Initially Remonstrated with Him That Anthony Eden’s Womanising Had Been No Bar on His Holding the Foreign Office, She Instead Appointed Him Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
Shadow Cabinet
Parkinson Returned to Front-Line Politics When He Was Made Conservative Party Chairman Again by William Hague in June 1997. He Retired from This Role in 1998 and Afterwards Kept a Low Profile, Although He Was a Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Way Forward Group. He Was Also the Honorary President of Conservative Friends of Poland.
Death
Parkinson Died on 22 January 2016 from Cancer. He Left Nothing in His Will for His Daughter Flora: in April 2017, It Was Reported That Sara Keays Is Preparing to Sue Parkinson’s Estate to Continue to Gain Support for Her Daughter’s 24-Hour Care as Regular Payments Ceased a Few Months After Parkinson Died.
Styles of Address
He Was One of the Three Presidents of the Uk-Based Charity Action on Addiction.
Charitable Works
He Was One of the Three Presidents of the Uk-Based Charity Action on Addiction.
In the Media
Parkinson’s Affair with Sara Keays Was a Running Joke in the Satirical Magazine Private Eye for over a Decade (And on the Satirical Tv Programme Spitting Image for Nearly as Long), with the Magazine Seldom Passing up an Opportunity to Portray Parkinson as Having a Voracious Sexual Appetite.
