Robert Anthony Eden Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was an English Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957. He was also Foreign Secretary for three periods between 1935 and 1955, including during World War II. He is best known for his outspoken opposition to appeasement in the 1930s; his diplomatic leadership in the 1940s and 1950s; and the failure of his Middle East policy in 1956 that ended his premiership.Eden's worldwide reputation as an opponent of appeasement, a "Man of Peace", and a skilled diplomat was overshadowed in the second year of his premiership when the United States refused to support the Anglo-French military response to the Suez Crisis, which critics across party lines regarded as an historic setback for British foreign policy, signalling the end of British predominance in the Middle East. Most historians argue that he made a series of blunders, especially not realising the depth of opposition to military action by the United States. Most historians say that Eden completely dominated the British decision-making process in the Suez crisis. However, Jonathan Pearson argues in Sir Anthony Eden and the Suez Crisis: Reluctant Gamble (2002) that Eden was more reluctant and less bellicose than most historians have judged.He is generally ranked among the least successful British Prime Ministers of the 20th century, although two broadly sympathetic biographies (in 1986 and 2003) have gone some way to redressing the balance of opinion. D.R. Thorpe says the Suez Crisis "was a truly tragic end to his premiership, and one that came to assume a disproportionate importance in any assessment of his career."
His premiership ended when the United States strongly opposed the Anglo-French-Israeli military intervention in Egypt during the Suez Crisis in November 1956. The incident is widely regarded as the end of the UK's role as a superpower, although in reality this had happened during World War II.
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Studied at Christ Church College at Oxford University. He graduated with a BA in Oriental Languages. He spoke fluent French, German and Persian, and also spoke some Arabic and Russian. Unlike many British politicians, Eden did not participate in undergraduate politics while at Oxford. His main leisure interest was art.
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He was portrayed by Anthony Calf in the original production of the play "Never So Good", by Howard Brenton , which premiered at the National Theatre, London, UK in March 2008.
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In 1959, an American Magazine paid him $300,000 for an excerpt from his memoir, The Memoirs of Sir Anthony Eden, which Houghton Mifflin published the following year.
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Son Nicholas was a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's government in 1983 and died of AIDS in 1985 and the noble titles became extinct.
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Won the Military Cross, became a Privy Councillor in 1934, a Knight of the Garter in 1954 and the 1st Earl of Avon in 1961
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British foreign secretary (1935-1938, 1940-1945, 1951-1955). British prime minister (1955-1957).
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Year
Status
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This Morning
2004
TV Series
Himself
The World at War
1973-1974
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The Sorrow and the Pity
1969
Documentary as Lord Avon
Dad's Army
1968
TV Series
Himself
Munich ou la paix pour cent ans
1967
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Twentieth Century
1964
TV Series documentary
Himself
World in Action
1964
TV Series documentary
Himself
Town Meeting of the World
1963
TV Movie
Himself
Biography
1962
TV Series documentary
Himself
Universal Newsreel
1945/XIII
Documentary short
Himself
Universal Newsreel
1945/VII
Documentary short
Himself
Archive Footage
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Year
Status
Character
Perry and Croft: Made in Britain
2014
TV Series documentary
Himself
Das Auto: The Germans, Their Cars and Us
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself - British Prime Minister
The Untold History of the United States
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself - Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Frost on Interviews
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
The Great Offices of State
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The Funny Side of...
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Queen: A Life in Film
2008
Video documentary
Himself
Die Zweite Republik - Eine unglaubliche Geschichte
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
Timewatch
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Other Side of Suez
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Yalta: Peace, Power and Betrayal
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Reputations
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
In Our Own Hands
2000
Documentary
Himself - in Churchill's War Cabinet (uncredited)
Nancherrow
1999
TV Series
Himself
A Very Singular Man: A Film Portrait of Edward Heath
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Prime Minister, 1955-1957 (as Sir Anthony Eden)
The Churchills
1996
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms
1995
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan
1995
Himself (uncredited)
The Last Days of World War II
1995
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Xie rou chang cheng
1995
TV Series
Himself (uncredited)
Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped
1995
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Biography
1994
TV Series documentary
Himself
China Rising: The Epic History of 20th Century China