The Henson Journals
Anthony Eden
Anthony Eden (1897-1977; ODNB) family home Windlestone Hall, Co. Durham; Eton Coll.; Christ Church, Oxford; army service 1924-18 (captain); MP(C) Warwick and Leamington 1923-57; junior posts, foreign office 1926-9, 1931-5; as a dashing and progressive-minded Conservative, lord privy seal 1934-5, minister for League of Nations affairs 1935, and foreign secretary 1935-8, resigning as a critic of Neville Chamberlain's foreign policies; as ally of Churchill, dominions secretary 1939-40; war secretary 1940, foreign secretary 1940-45, 1951-5, prime minister 1955-7, resigning after Suez crisis; 1st earl of Avon 1961. See Volume 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 83.
Not mentioned in any journals.