Anthony Eden (1897–1977)
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- Canonical name
- Eden, Anthony
- Legal name
- Eden, Robert Anthony
- Other names
- Earl of Avon
- Birthdate
- 1897-06-12
- Date of death
- 1977-01-14
- Burial location
- Alvediston, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Durham, England, UK
- Place of death
- Alvediston, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- West Auckland, County Durham, England, UK (birth)
- Education
- University of Oxford (Christ Church|Oriental Languages)
- Occupations
- politician
Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (1923-1957|Conservative)
Lord Privy Seal of the United Kingdom (1934-1935|Conservative)
United Kingdom Secretary of State for War (1940|Conservative)
United Kingdom Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1939-1940|Conservative)
United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1935-1938|Conservative) (show all 11)
United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1940-1945|Conservative)
United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1951-1955|Conservative)
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1951-1955|Conservative)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1955-1957|Conservative)
Leader of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom (1955-1957) - Relationships
- Eden, Emily (great-great-grandaunt)
Eden, Clarissa (wife) - Organizations
- British Army
Parliament of the United Kingdom - Awards and honors
- Hereditary Peerage (First Earl of Avon, 1961)
Order of the Garter (Knight Companion, 1954) - Short biography
- Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (1897-1977), British politician and Prime Minister (1955-1957)
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- Works
- 18
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 246
- Popularity
- #92,613
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 6
By the time I finished reading this book, I had begun to think that the word 'Elegy' ought to have appeared somewhere in the title. I doubt that more than five pages pass at any time without him marking the death of another person -- and far too many of them in World War I where he lost brothers, cousins, uncles and friends. Even the opening -- where he is returning to the home he knew as a child -- is a moment of loss as we see the huge, old building going to ruin.
That makes this a melancholy book to read, and yet there is something about Anthon Eden (Lord of Avon) and his acceptance of all that happened, that makes this less painful than it otherwise would have been. Even his description of living in the trenches during World War I, while informative seemed distant. And yet it as a moving book -- powerful perhaps, in its lack of sentimentality and its straight-forward approach to horrific and horrible events.
From his father's obsession with modern art to his days in the trenches in Somme, a reader can see, piece by piece as the old world slips away. His closing lines, perhaps, best explain the changes:
"...I emerged tempered by my experience and bereft of many friends, but with my illusions intact, neither shattered nor cynical, to face a changed world."
This short, well-written book is an excellent glimpse into the world of British aristocracy at the turn of the century. It's filled with insights about the links that stretched across the Europe, and about how badly many of them miscalculated the situation with Germany. From a protected childhood to days in the trenches at the battle of Somme, this narrative does carry the reader easily through a passage when the world did, indeed, change.… (more)