What is Cecil Parkinson?
'''Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson''', [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] (1 September 1931 – 22 January 2016) was a [[British people|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and cabinet minister. ==Early life== Parkinson was born in [[Carnforth]], [[Lancashire]] on 1 September 1931. He studied at [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]]. Parkinson married Anne Jarvis in 1957. It would last until his death in 2016. ==Career== He entered Parliament in 1970 and was appointed a minister in 1979. In 1983, he became [[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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1380529/The-only-promise-Cecil-Parkinson-ever-kept-never-to-see-his-daughter.html |title=The only promise Cecil Parkinson ever kept - never to see his daughter |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=6 January 2002 |access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref> Parkinson later served as Secretary of State for Energy, and later Transport. He resigned that office in 1990, on the same day that [[Margaret Thatcher]] resigned. He was created '''Baron Parkinson''' in 1992 and served in the House of Lords until his retirement in September 2015.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/14/tory-peer-cecil-parkinson-retires-house-of-lords | title=Tory peer Cecil Parkinson retires from House of Lords | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=14 September 2015 | agency=Press Association | access-date=15 September 2015}}</ref> ==Death== Parkinson died of [[cancer]] on 22 January 2016 at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite web|title = Lord Cecil Parkinson dies aged 84|url = http://news.sky.com/story/1629392/tory-ex-minister-lord-cecil-parkinson-dies|website = Sky News|access-date = 25 January 2016}}</ref> He was survived by his wife and four children. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://hansard.m