Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield
Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield, PC (surname pronounced "Co-feeld"; 28 September 1916 – 8 January 2007), was by turns a civil servant, a company director, a Conservative Party politician, and a European Commissioner. He served as Minister of State at the Treasury from 1979 to 1982, as Secretary of State for Trade from 1982 until 1983, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1983 until 1984, and a member of the European Commission from 1984 to 1988. He is known as 'The Father of the Single Market'.
The Right Honourable The Lord Cockfield PC | |
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1952 portrait | |
| European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services | |
| In office 7 January 1985 – 5 January 1989 | |
| President | Jacques Delors |
| Preceded by | Karl-Heinz Narjes |
| Succeeded by | Martin Bangemann |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| In office 11 June 1983 – 11 September 1984 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Cecil Parkinson |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Gowrie |
| Secretary of State for Trade President of the Board of Trade | |
| In office 6 April 1982 – 11 June 1983 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Biffen |
| Succeeded by | Cecil Parkinson (Trade and Industry) |
| Minister of State for Treasury | |
| In office 6 May 1979 – 6 April 1982 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Denzil Davies |
| Succeeded by | John Wakeham |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 14 April 1978 – 8 January 2007 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1916 Horsham, West Sussex, England |
| Died | 8 January 2007 (aged 90) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
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