 In 1945–46, William Benn was the Secretary of State for Air in the first majority Labour Government.Benn's mother, Margaret Wedgwood Benn ("née" Holmes, 1897–1991), was a theologian, feminist and the founder President of the Congregational Federation.She was a member of the League of the Church Militant, which was the predecessor of the Movement for the Ordination of Women; in 1925, she was rebuked by Randall Davidson, the Archbishop of Canterbury, for advocating the ordination of women.