Anthony Eden

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Anthony Eden was a British Conservative politician and diplomat who served as Foreign Secretary during World War II and later as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Conservative Party politician
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
human
awardReceived Companion of Honour
Order of the Garter
birthDate 1897-06-12
birthPlace County Durham
England
Windlestone Hall
causeOfResignation Suez Crisis
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1977-01-14
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Eton College
familyName Eden
fieldOfWork diplomacy
politics
fullName Robert Anthony Eden
givenName Anthony
Robert
honorificTitle The Earl of Avon
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
militaryBranch British Army
monarchDuringTermAsPrimeMinister Elizabeth II
nationality British
nobleTitle Earl of Avon
notableEvent Suez Crisis
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK)
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Leader of the Opposition (UK)
Lord Privy Seal
Member of Parliament
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
precededBy Winston Churchill
primeMinisterEnd 1957
primeMinisterStart 1955
relative Winston Churchill
residence 10 Downing Street
servedAsForeignSecretaryDuring World War II
spouse Beatrice Beckett
Clarissa Spencer-Churchill
succeededBy Harold Macmillan


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