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
PresidentJacques Delors
Preceded byKarl-Heinz Narjes
Succeeded byMartin Bangemann
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
11 June 1983 – 11 September 1984
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byCecil Parkinson
Succeeded byThe Earl of Gowrie
Secretary of State for Trade
President of the Board of Trade
In office
6 April 1982 – 11 June 1983
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byJohn Biffen
Succeeded byCecil Parkinson (Trade and Industry)
Minister of State for Treasury
In office
6 May 1979 – 6 April 1982
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byDenzil Davies
Succeeded byJohn 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
Died8 January 2007(2007-01-08) (aged 90)
Political partyConservative
Alma materLondon 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]

  1. ^ "EU Archives" (PDF). European Union. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  2. ^ Cockfield, Arthur (1994). European Union: Creating The European Single Market. Wiley Chancery Law. ISBN 9780471952077. Retrieved 28 March 2017.