The First Lord of the Admiralty in the opening months of the 1939-45 war: A photograph taken in November 1939 of Mr Neville Chamberlain's War Cabinet, in which Mr Churchill was First Lord. - (left to right standing) Sir John Anderson (Home Secretary), Lord Hankey (Minister Without Portfolio), Mr L Hore-Belisha (War), Mr Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty), Sir Kingsley Wood (Air), Mr Eden (Dominion Affairs), Sir Edward Bridges (Secretary to the War Cabinet). (left to right seated) Lord Halifax (Foreign Secretary), Sir John Simon (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Mr Neville Chamberlain (Prime Minister), Sir Samuel Hoare (Lord Privy Seal) and Lord Chatfield (Minister for Coordination of Defence). Sir John Anderson and Mr Eden, though not members, had access to this War Cabinet.