   francis arthur cockfield, baron cockfield, pc (surname pronounced "co-feeld"; 28 september 1916 â 8 january 2007) was by turns a civil servant, a company director, a conservative 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 as a member of the european commission from 1984 to 1988. ==early life== cockfield was born in horsham, a month after his father, lieutenant c.f. cockfield, died at the battle of the somme. he was educated at dover grammar school, then read for an llb and a bsc (econ) at the london school of economics. ==career== cockfield joined the inland revenue in 1938, and was called to the bar at the inner temple in 1942. he progressed rapidly within the inland revenue, serving as director of statistics from 1945 to 1952 and as a commissioner from 1951 to 1952, before joining boots as its finance director. he was its managing director and chairman from 1961 to 1967. he was also a member of selwyn lloyd's national economic development council from 1962 to 1964. cockfield was known by his first name, frank, for most of his life but hated it. when he married his first wife, ruth simonis, his granddaughter, emma, recalls how he told her he wished to use his middle name instead: "all my life i've been called frank but i've hated it- you're to call me arthur." cockfield left
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