Anthony Eden

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cells: The Right Honourable The Earl of Avon KG MC PC
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office 6 April 1955 – 10 January 1957
Elizabeth II
Sir Winston Churchill
Harold Macmillan
Member of Parliament for Warwick and Leamington
In office 6 December 1923 – 10 January 1957
Ernest Pollock
John Hobson
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 1961 – 1977 Hereditary Peerage
Nicholas Eden
[show] Leadership positions Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom In office 26 October 1951 – 6 April 1955 Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill Preceded by Herbert Morrison Succeeded by Rab Butler (1962)[a] Leader of the Conservative Party In office 6 April 1955 – 10 January 1957 Preceded by Sir Winston Churchill Succeeded by Harold Macmillan
[show] Leadership positions
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office 26 October 1951 – 6 April 1955
Sir Winston Churchill
Herbert Morrison
Rab Butler (1962)[a]
Leader of the Conservative Party
In office 6 April 1955 – 10 January 1957
Sir Winston Churchill
Harold Macmillan
[show] Ministerial offices Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs In office 28 October 1951 – 7 April 1955 Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill Preceded by Herbert Morrison Succeeded by Harold Macmillan In office 22 December 1940 – 26 July 1945 Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by The Viscount Halifax Succeeded by Ernest Bevin In office 22 December 1935 – 20 February 1938 Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain Preceded by Sir Samuel Hoare Succeeded by The Viscount Halifax Leader of the House of Commons In office 22 November 1942 – 26 July 1945 Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by Sir Stafford Cripps Succeeded by Herbert Morrison Secretary of State for War In office 11 May 1940 – 22 December 1940 Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by Oliver Stanley Succeeded by David Margesson Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs In office 3 September 1939 – 14 May 1940 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill Preceded by Sir Thomas Inskip Succeeded by The Viscount Caldecote Lord Privy Seal In office June 1934 – 7 June 1935 Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald Preceded by Stanley Baldwin Succeeded by The Marquess of Londonderry
[show] Ministerial offices
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 28 October 1951 – 7 April 1955
Sir Winston Churchill
Herbert Morrison
Harold Macmillan
In office 22 December 1940 – 26 July 1945
Winston Churchill
The Viscount Halifax
Ernest Bevin
In office 22 December 1935 – 20 February 1938
Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain
Sir Samuel Hoare
The Viscount Halifax
Leader of the House of Commons
In office 22 November 1942 – 26 July 1945
Winston Churchill
Sir Stafford Cripps
Herbert Morrison
Secretary of State for War
In office 11 May 1940 – 22 December 1940
Winston Churchill
Oliver Stanley
David Margesson
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
In office 3 September 1939 – 14 May 1940
Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill
Sir Thomas Inskip
The Viscount Caldecote
Lord Privy Seal
In office June 1934 – 7 June 1935
Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
The Marquess of Londonderry
Personal details
Robert Anthony Eden 12 June 1897 Windlestone Hall, Rushyford, County Durham, England
14 January 1977 (aged 79) Alvediston, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Liver cancer
Churchyard of St Mary's, Alvediston
British
Conservative
Beatrice Beckett (m. 1923; div. 1950) Clarissa Spencer-Churchill (m. 1952)
Simon Robert Nicholas
Sir William Eden Sybil Frances Grey
Eton College Christ Church, Oxford
Military service
British Army
1915–1919 1920–1923 1939[1]
Major
King's Royal Rifle Corps Durham Light Infantry
World War I Western Front Battle of the Somme Battle of Messines Battle of Passchendaele Operation Michael Hundred Days Offensive
Military Cross
a. ^ Office vacant from 6 April 1955 to 13 July 1962.

Questions about this table:
originalText: who took over from eden as prime minister
answer: answerTexts: Harold Macmillan