Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield

The Right Honourable The Lord Cockfield PC
Cockfield in 1952
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	(1916-09-28)28 September 1916 Horsham, West Sussex, England
Died	8 January 2007(2007-01-08) (aged 90)
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	London School of Economics

Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield PC (/ˈkoʊfiːld/ KOH-feel-d; 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'.^[1][2]