 Within weeks of the election Barber was moved from the FCO to the Treasury to take over as Chancellor from Iain Macleod , who died suddenly on 20 July . Though they had never enjoyed an easy relationship , Douglas @-@ Home recognised his colleague 's stature , and felt his loss politically as well as personally . Some commentators have maintained that Macleod 's death and replacement by the less substantial figure of Barber fatally undermined the economic success of the Heath government . 
