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In April 1955 Churchill retired, and Eden succeeded him as prime minister. He was a very popular figure as a result of his long wartime service and his famous good looks and charm. His famous words "Peace comes first, always" added to his already substantial popularity.
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the principal minister of the crown of His Majesty's Government, and the head of the British Cabinet.. There is no specific date for when the office of prime minister first appeared, as the role was not created but rather evolved over time through a merger of duties. [1]
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.
1.41 Winston Churchill. 1.42 Clement Attlee. 1.43 Anthony Eden. 1.44 Harold Macmillan. ... Prime Minister 1955-1957; Harold Macmillan. Secretary of State for Air 1945;
Macmillan was Foreign Secretary in April–December 1955 in the government of Anthony Eden, who had taken over as prime minister from the retiring Churchill. Returning from the Geneva Summit of that year he made headlines by declaring: 'There ain't gonna be no war.' [ 112 ] Of the role of Foreign Secretary Macmillan observed:
Churchill became Prime Minister for a second time. He continued to lead Britain but was to suffer increasingly from health problems. Aware that he was slowing down both physically and mentally, he resigned in April 1955. He continued to sit as MP for Woodford until he retired from politics in 1964. Churchill died on 24 January 1965 and was ...
When Churchill retired in 1955, the Queen sent him a hand-written letter telling him how much she missed him and how no successor “will ever for me be able to hold the place of my first Prime ...
Prime Minister Winston Churchill's 1955 cabinet. See Wikimedia Commons for a guide to those pictured. Sir Winston Churchill – Prime Minister; The Viscount Kilmuir – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain; The Marquess of Salisbury – Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council