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On the eve of the 1983 General Election, millionaire politician Cecil Parkinson had it all. He was charming, popular and handsome – Margaret Thatcher’s suave lieutenant. Under Parkinson’s Chairmanship, the Conservative party was heading towards another electoral success, and Cecil was tipped to take up a cabinet top job.
Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, PC (1 September 1931 – 22 January 2016) was a British Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister. A chartered accountant by training, he entered Parliament in November 1970, and was appointed a minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government in May 1979.
May 8, 2018 · 8 May 2018. PA. Cecil Parkinson was a key member of Margaret Thatcher's government before revelations about an affair with his secretary in 1983 forced him to resign. The disabled daughter of the ...
Jan 25, 2016 · Dave Caulkin/Associated Press. Cecil Parkinson, who held senior posts in the British government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and was seen as her possible successor until a sex scandal ...
1983: Parkinson quits over lovechild scandal. Cecil Parkinson, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, has resigned. The decision comes as fresh details were revealed about his extramarital affair with his former secretary Sara Keays. Miss Keays published a statement in The Times newspaper today to "put the record straight" regarding the ...
Cecil Parkinson and Margaret Thatcher were devoted to each other. In old age and ailing, Lady Thatcher pointed to him at a lunch and told her companion, “There’s Cecil Parkinson.
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Oct 7, 2013 · Margaret Thatcher was grooming Cecil Parkinson to succeed her as Tory leader before he was brought down by the scandal over his love-child.. She had earmarked him for Foreign Secretary. In one ...
