held her first government post in 1961 as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions. The government also included future Chancellor Anthony Barber, future Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister William Whitelaw and future Secretary of State for Education and Science Sir Keith Joseph. Other notable government members included Enoch Powell, Lord Carrington, David Ormsby-Gore, John Profumo, Christopher Soames, Bill Deedes, Airey Neave and the Marquess of Salisbury. Cabinets First Macmillan ministry January 1957 – October 1959 Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister The Viscount Kilmuir: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain The Marquess of Salisbury: Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council Rab Butler: Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and Secretary of State for the Home Department Peter Thorneycroft: Chancellor of the Exchequer Selwyn Lloyd: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Alan Lennox-Boyd: Secretary of State for the Colonies The Earl of Home: Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Sir David Eccles: President of the Board of Trade Charles Hill: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Viscount Hailsham: Minister of Education John Scott Maclay: Secretary of State for Scotland Derick Heathcoat Amory: Minister of Agriculture Iain Macleod: Minister of Labour and National Service Harold Arthur Watkinson: Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Duncan Edwin Sandys: Minister of Defence The Lord Mills: Minister of Power Henry Brooke: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs Changes March 1957 – Earl of Home succeeds Marquess of Salisbury as Lord President, remaining also Commonwealth Relations Secretary. September 1957 – Viscount Hailsham succeeds Earl of Home as Lord President, Home remaining Commonwealth Relations Secretary. Geoffrey Lloyd succeeds Hailsham as Minister of Education. The Paymaster-General, Reginald Maudling, enters the Cabinet. January 1958 – Derick Heathcoat Amory succeeds Peter Thorneycroft as Chancellor of the Exchequer. John Hare succeeds Amory as Minister of Agriculture. Second Macmillan ministry October 1959 – July 1960 Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister The Viscount Kilmuir: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain The Earl of Home: Lord President of the Council and Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations The Viscount Hailsham: Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and Minister of Science Derick Heathcoat Amory: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rab Butler: Secretary of State for the Home Department Selwyn Lloyd: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Iain Macleod: Secretary of State for the Colonies Reginald Maudling: President of the Board of