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Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 until his resignation in 1957.
Sir Anthony Eden resigned from his positions of Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 9 January 1957. [1] [2] This was mainly a consequence of the Suez Crisis fiasco of the previous autumn, but was also owing to his increasingly failing health.
In the 1950s Macmillan served as Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under Anthony Eden. When Eden resigned in 1957 following the Suez Crisis, Macmillan succeeded him as prime minister and Leader of the Conservative Party. He was a One Nation Tory of the Disraelian tradition and supported the post-war consensus.
The Eden ministry was formed following the resignation of Winston Churchill in April 1955. Anthony Eden , then- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary , took over as Leader of the Conservative Party , and thus became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
Resignation Churchill resigns: 6 Apr: Eden ministry — Anthony Eden: May: General election: 1957: First Macmillan ministry — Harold Macmillan: 1959: Second Macmillan ministry: General election: 18 Oct: 1963 Resignation Macmillan resigns: 19 Oct: Douglas-Home ministry — Alec Douglas-Home [h] 1964: First Wilson ministry: General election ...
Jeremy Northam / Anthony Eden. Anthony Eden, The Earl of Avon, played by English actor Jeremy Northam in seasons 1 and 2, became the prime minister after Winston Churchill stepped down in April of ...
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Halifax, who was due to make a statement in the Lords that afternoon, insisted that the Foreign Secretary Samuel Hoare must resign to save the government's position, causing J. H. Thomas, William Ormsby-Gore and Walter Elliott also to come out for his resignation. Anthony Eden was appointed Foreign Secretary in Hoare's place. [13]