Question: who took over from eden as prime minister
Answer: The Right Honourable The Earl of Avon KG MC PC Prime Minister of the United Kingdom In office 6 April 1955 -- 10 January 1957 Monarch Elizabeth II Preceded by Sir Winston Churchill Succeeded by Harold Macmillan Member of Parliament for Warwick and Leamington In office 6 December 1923 -- 10 January 1957 Preceded by Ernest Pollock Succeeded by John Hobson Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal In office 1961 -- 1977 Hereditary Peerage Succeeded by Nicholas Eden 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 ) Leader of the Conservative Party In office 6 Apri