The Earl of Avon

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The Earl of Avon is the noble title taken by Anthony Eden, the British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957, notably during the Suez Crisis.

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1st Earl of Avon 2
Earl of Avon 1
The Earl of Avon canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
hereditary title
human
birthDate 1897-06-12
birthPlace Windlestone Hall
surface form: Windlestone Hall, County Durham, England
conflict World War I
surface form: First World War
country United Kingdom
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdFor Anthony Eden
creationDate 1961
deathDate 1977-01-14
deathPlace Alvediston, Wiltshire, England
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Eton College
familyName Eden
father Sir William Eden, 7th and 5th Baronet
firstHolder Anthony Eden
givenName Robert
hasHeir yes
honour Companion of Honour
Military Cross
Order of the Garter
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
militaryService British Army
monarchAtCreation Elizabeth II
mother Sybil Frances Grey
namedAfter River Avon
nobleTitle Earl of Avon
Viscount Eden
notableEvent Suez Crisis
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
placeOfBurial St Mary’s Church, Alvediston, Wiltshire
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
surface form: Chancellor of the Exchequer (acting)

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
surface form: Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Lord Privy Seal
Prime Minister
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
precededByAsPrimeMinister Winston Churchill
religion Anglicanism
spouse Beatrice Beckett
Clarissa Spencer-Churchill
status extant
subsidiaryTitle Viscount Eden
succeededByAsPrimeMinister Harold Macmillan
termEndAsPrimeMinister 1957-01-10
termStartAsPrimeMinister 1955-04-06

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Anthony Eden honorificTitle The Earl of Avon
Anthony Eden nobleTitle The Earl of Avon
this entity surface form: Earl of Avon
Eden honorificTitle The Earl of Avon
subject surface form: Anthony Eden
this entity surface form: 1st Earl of Avon
Eden family title The Earl of Avon
subject surface form: Anthony Eden
this entity surface form: 1st Earl of Avon