Anthony Eden
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Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, was a British statesman, diplomat and military officer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 to 1957.
Eden c. 1953
Eden, Anthony
Anthony Eden aged 14 in 1911, in his first term at Eton College
The Uffizi Society Oxford, ca. 1920. First row standing: later Sir Henry Studholme (5th from left). Seated: Lord Balniel, later 28th Earl of Crawford (2nd from left); Ralph Dutton, later 8th Baron Sherborne (3rd from left); Anthony Eden, later Earl of Avon (4th from left); Lord David Cecil (5th from left).
Harold Macmillan
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Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1957 to 1963. Nicknamed "Supermac", he was known for his pragmatism, w
Anthony Eden
…to implement, and due to fears that it could affect other countries such as Uganda and Kenya. On 25 September 1956 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Harold Macmillan, met informally with President Eisenhower at the White House. He misread Eisenhower's determination to avoid war and told Eden that the Americans would…
Official portrait, 1959
Macmillan in 1959
Macmillan in 1942
Macmillan (top row, left) with Allied military leaders in the Sicilian campaign, 1943; Maj-Gen Bedell Smith to his left. Front row: General Eisenhower (then Supreme Commander, Mediterranean), Air Chief Marshal Tedder, General Alexander, Admiral Cunningham