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Robert Anthony Eden

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Data Last Updated: 16 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Also Known As

Anthony Eden

Born: 12 June 1897, Windlestone, Durham

Died: 14 January 1977

Peerages

1st Earl of Avon - 1961

Knighted - 20 October 1954

Member of Privy Council

husband of Clarissa Spencer-Churchill

husband of Beatrice Beckett

son of Sybil Grey

father of Nicholas Eden

cousin of Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger

Education

Christ Church, Oxford

Appointments

Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	1931	1934
Lord Privy Seal	1934	1935
Minister of State, Foreign Office	June 1935	December 1935
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	22 December 1935	20 February 1938
Secretary of State for the Dominions	4 September 1939	10 May 1940
Secretary of State for War	10 May 1940	22 December 1940
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	22 December 1940	26 July 1945
Deputy Prime Minister	27 October 1951	6 April 1955
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	28 October 1951	7 April 1955
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury	6 April 1955	13 January 1957

Elections fought

15 November 1922	Spennymoor	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,567	27.64
6 December 1923	Warwick & Leamington	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,337	51.89
29 October 1924	Warwick & Leamington	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,575	60.15
30 May 1929	Warwick & Leamington	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,045	47.64
27 October 1931	Warwick & Leamington	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,584	80.64
14 November 1935	Warwick & Leamington	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,746	76.58
5 July 1945	Warwick & Leamington	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,110	61.34
23 February 1950	Warwick & Leamington	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,353	59.78
25 October 1951	Warwick & Leamington	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,282	60.48
6 April 1955 Rt Hon Anthony Eden appointed as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, as well as leader of the Conservative party.
26 May 1955	Warwick & Leamington	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,979	64.48
11 January 1957 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Anthony Eden.