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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.
The Eden Baronetcy of West Auckland was created in the Baronetage of England on 13 November 1672 for Robert Eden, subsequently Member of Parliament for County Durham. He was the son of Colonel John Eden, a supporter of the Royalist cause in the Civil War .
Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet (14 September 1741 – 2 September 1784) was a British colonial administrator who was the last colonial Governor of Maryland.Although a popular governor and an able administrator, Eden's authority was overthrown by the events of the American Revolution, and in June 1776 he was invited by the Maryland Convention to leave for England.
The house was the birthplace in 1897 of Anthony Eden, the younger son of the sixth baronet; Eden entered parliament as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament in 1923, later serving as a cabinet minister before serving as Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957. [3]
Robert Eden (bishop) (1804–1886), primus of Scotland and bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness; Robert Eden (priest) (1701–1759) , English priest; Robert Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland (1799–1870), bishop of Bath and Wells; Robert Anthony Eden (1897–1977), British politician; Robert Eden, the name of several Eden baronets
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 .
In 1968, the house was bought by Anthony Eden, using funds from the sale of his memoirs. [3] His wife, Clarissa, designed the garden and Eden kept a small herd of Hereford cattle at the farm he purchased at the same time. [a] [5] In 1975, his last volume of memoirs, Another World, was written at Alvediston. Eden died at the house on 14 January ...
Arms of Eden: Gules, on a chevron argent between three garbs or banded vert as many escallops sable; crest: A dexter arm in armour embowed couped at the shoulder proper the hand grasping a garb bendwise or banded vert; supporters: On either side a leopard guardant or resting the interior hind paw on a garb or banded vert; motto: Si Sit Prudentia ("If there be but prudence") Anthony Eden, 1st ...