Life story: Robert Anthony Eden | Lives of the First World War

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1887

sibling Elfrida Marjorie Eden Source:7903555 5th June 1887

1888

sibling John Eden Source:7903555 9th October 1888

1893

sibling Timothy Calvert Eden Source:7903555 3rd May 1893

1897

birth Windlestone Hall, Durham United Kingdom Source:7903172 12th June 1897

1900

sibling William Nicholas Eden Source:7903555 14th March 1900

1907

education Sandroyd School Cobham, Surrey United Kingdom Source:7903558 1907 - December 1910

1911

education Eton College Eton, Berkshire United Kingdom Source:7903558 January 1911 - 1915

1911

location Eton College, Berkshire United Kingdom school/college address Source:7903558 1911 - 1915

1915

commission Temporary Source:7903614 2nd November 1915

1915

service British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st (Service) Battalion Source:7903710 2nd November 1915 - 1st July 1917

1916

awards Military Cross (MC) British Award/Decoration Source:7903558 August 1916

1916

appointments Adjutant, King's Royal Rifle Corps Source:7903733 3rd October 1916 - 4th July 1917

1916

service British Army Temp. Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st (Service) Battalion Source:7903724 3rd October 1916 - 19th November 1917

1917

appointments General Staff Officer (Third Grade) Source:7903692 19th November 1917 - 26th May 1918

1917

service British Army Temp. Captain General List Source:7903716 19th November 1917 - 13th June 1919

1918

appointments Brigade Major Source:7903692 26th May 1918 - 30th June 1919

1919

education First Class Honours in Oriental Languages Christ Church College, Oxford Oxford United Kingdom Source:7903555 1919 - 1922

1919

service British Army Captain General List Source:7903727 13th June 1919 - 31st July 1920

1919

location Christ Church College, Oxford United Kingdom school/college address Source:7903760 October 1919 - 1922

1920

service British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 6th Battalion Source:7903727 31st July 1920

1923

marriage Beatrice Helen Beckett Source:7903555 5th November 1923 - 1950

1923

employment Member of Parliament British Government Warwick United Kingdom Source:7903172 6th December 1923 - 20th January 1957

1924

children Simon Gascoyn Eden Source:7903555 13th November 1924

1930

children Nicholas Eden Source:7903555 3rd October 1930

1935

employment Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Government of Britain London United Kingdom Source:7903172 22nd December 1935 - 20th February 1938

1939

employment Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Goverment of Britain London United Kingdom Source:7903172 3rd September 1939 - 14th May 1940

1940

employment Secretary of State for War Government of Britain London United Kingdom Source:7903172 11th May 1940 - 22nd December 1940

1940

employment Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Government of Britain London United Kingdom Source:7903172 22nd December 1940 - 26th July 1945

1942

employment Leader of the House of Commons Government of Britain London United Kingdom Source:7903172 22nd February 1942 - 26th July 1945

1951

employment Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Government of Britain London United Kingdom Source:7903172 26th October 1951 - 6th April 1955

1951

employment Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Government of Britain London United Kingdom Source:7903172 28th October 1951 - 7th April 1955

1952

marriage Anne Clarissa Spencer-Churchill Source:7903555 14th August 1952

1955

employment Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Government of Britain London United Kingdom Source:7903172 6th April 1955 - 10th January 1957

theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:7903614

1977

death Not War Related Salisbury United Kingdom Source:7903172 14th January 1977

burial St Mary's Churchyard Non-War Cemetery Alvediston, Wiltshire United Kingdom Source:7903172

Details

Names

Type	Name
First Names	Robert Anthony
Initials	RA
Last Name	Eden,
Source	7903617
First Names	Anthony
Initials	A
Source	7903555

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
Christ Church College, Oxford	United Kingdom	school/college address	October 1919 - 1922
Eton College, Berkshire	United Kingdom	school/college address	1911 - 1915

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army	King's Royal Rifle Corps	21st (Service) Battalion	Second Lieutenant
British Army	Durham Light Infantry	6th Battalion	Lieutenant
British Army	King's Royal Rifle Corps	21st (Service) Battalion	Temp. Lieutenant
British Army	General List		Temp. Captain
British Army	General List		Captain

Awards

Award	Type	Source
MC	British Award/Decoration
Military Cross (MC)	British Award/Decoration

Family

Children

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Simon Gascoyn Eden	son	13th November 1924
Nicholas Eden	son	3rd October 1930

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Sybil Frances Grey Eden	mother
Sir William Eden	father

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates
Elfrida Marjorie Eden	sister	5th June 1887
John Eden	brother	9th October 1888
Timothy Calvert Eden	brother	3rd May 1893
William Nicholas Eden	brother	14th March 1900

Spouse

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Beatrice Helen Beckett	wife	5th November 1923
Anne Clarissa Spencer-Churchill	wife	14th August 1952

Media

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Windlestone Hall

Family home where Anthony Eden grew up

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Anthony Eden at Eton

Eden in school uniform, as well as rowing and with the prize his team had won

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Battalion portrait

Taken at Aldershot in February 1916

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Robert Anthony Eden

In uniform, presumably in 1916

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Wedding Eden-Beckett

Wedding picture of Anthony Eden and Maude Beatrice Beckett

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Wedding Eden - Spencer-Churchill

Wedding of Sir Anthony Eden and Clarissa Spencer-Churchill

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Brig.-Major

Gazetted Brig.-Major

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Temporary Lieutenant

Gazetted Tem Lt

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Captain

Relinquishes rank upon termination of employment, given rank of Captain

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Temp capt

Employed as GSO 3 & temp capt

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The Uffizi Society, Oxford

Amongst the students of the Uffizi Society he founded at Oxford University

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Official Records

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England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription	debbie2674

External Evidence

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biographical details of Prime Minister Anthony Eden	debbie2674
gov.uk: Past Prime Ministers	Paul58252
Wikipedia entry on Anthony Eden	Mara60295
Spartacus Educational	Mara60295
The Peerage	Mara60295
Sir Anthony Eden: The Chronicles of a Career	Mara60295
London Gazette, 22 November 1915	Mara60295
London Gazette, 4 June 1917	Mara60295
The Rake online	Mara60295
London Gazette, 4 October 1918	Mara60295
London Gazette, 22 January 1918	Mara60295
London Gazette, 13 October 1917	Mara60295
London Gazette, 30 August 1920	Mara60295
London Gazette, 1 January 1918	Mara60295
London Gazette, 25 August 1920	Mara60295
London Gazette, 29 July, 1919	Mara60295
London, 22 January 1917	Mara60295
Eden: The Life and Times of Anthony Eden, First Earl of Avon, 1897-1977	Mara60295

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Wedding Eden-Beckett	Mara60295
Wedding Eden - Spencer-Churchill	Mara60295
Brig.-Major	Mara60295
Temporary Lieutenant	Mara60295
Captain	Mara60295
Temp capt	Mara60295
The Uffizi Society, Oxford	Mara60295

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