Edward Heath

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Edward Heath's Government June 1970–March 1974

• Edward Heath — Prime Minister
• Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone — Lord Chancellor
• William Whitelaw — Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
• Lord Jellicoe — Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords
• Iain Macleod — Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Alec Douglas-Home — Foreign Secretary
• Reginald Maudling — Home Secretary
• James Prior — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• Lord Carrington — Secretary of State for Defence
• Margaret Thatcher — Secretary of State for Education and Science
• Robert Carr — Secretary of State for Employment
• Peter Walker — Minister of Housing and Local Government
• Keith Joseph — Secretary of State for Health and Social Security
• Anthony Barber — Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Gordon Campbell — Secretary of State for Scotland
• Geoffrey Rippon — Secretary of State for Technology
• Michael Noble — President of the Board of Trade
• Peter Thomas — Secretary of State for Wales

Changes

• July 1970 — Iain Macleod dies, and is succeeded as Chancellor by Anthony Barber. Geoffrey Rippon succeeds Barber as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. John Davies succeeds Rippon as Secretary for Technology.
• October 1970 — The Ministry of Technology and the Board of Trade are merged to become the Department of Trade and Industry. John Davies becomes Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. Michael Noble leaves the cabinet. The Ministry of Housing and Local Government is succeeded by the new department of the Environment which was headed by Peter Walker.
• March 1972 — Robert Carr succeeds William Whitelaw as Lord President and Leader of the House of Commons. Maurice Macmillan succeeds Carr as Secretary for Employment. Whitelaw becomes Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
• July 1972 — Robert Carr succeeds Reginald Maudling as Home Secretary. James Prior succeeds Robert Carr as Lord President and Leader of the House of Commons. Joseph Godber succeeds Prior as Secretary for Agriculture.
• November 1972 — Geoffrey Rippon succeeds Peter Walker as Secretary for the Environment. John Davies succeeds Rippon as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Peter Walker succeeds Davies as Secretary for Trade and Industry. Geoffrey Howe becomes Minister for Trade and Consumer Affairs with a seat in the cabinet.
• June 1973 — Lord Windlesham succeeds Lord Jellicoe as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords.
• December 1973 — William Whitelaw succeeds Maurice Macmillan as Secretary for Employment. Francis Pym succeeds Whitelaw as Secretary for Northern Ireland. Macmillan becomes Paymaster-General.
• January 1974 — Ian Gilmour succeeds Lord Carrington as Secretary for Defence; Lord Carrington becomes Secretary of State for Energy.