Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield (born 28 September 1916) was a Conservative politician who was Secretary of State for Trade from 1982 until 1983 and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1983 until 1984. September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The President of the Board of Trade the title of a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the British government. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was educated at the London School of Economics and was a member of the bar. He began his early career at the Inland Revenue and was created Baron Cockfield in April 1978. On the election of Margaret Thatcher to office in May 1979, he became Minister of State at the Treasury, a post he held until April 1982. He then became the last Secretary of State for Trade before it was merged with the Department for Industry in 1983. After the 1983 UK general election he became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster where he remained until September 1984. He resigned to go to the Commission of European Communities as commissioner for Internal Market Tax Law and Customs as well as being Vice-President of the European Commission. He now sits as a backbencher within the House of Lords. Since leaving the commission he has published work on the Single Market and has been given a number of honorary fellowships from British and also American universities. The London School of Economics and Political Science, often referred to as the London School of Economics or the LSE, is a specialist university based in London, often regarded as one of the worlds most prestigious social science institutions. ... A bar association is a body of lawyers who, in some jurisdictions, are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession. ... In the UK, the Inland Revenue is a department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct taxation, including income tax, national insurance contributions, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, petroleum revenue tax, corporation tax and stamp duty. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (born 13 October 1925) is a British stateswoman and was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the only woman as of 2005 to serve in that position. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime... The President of the Board of Trade the title of a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... United Kingdom general elections are the times when the Members of Parliament forming the House of Commons are elected. ... The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the British government. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ...