= Anthony Eden = '''Anthony Eden''' was a [[UnitedKingdom/ConservativeParty|Conservative]] politician, member of the [[UnitedKingdom/Parliament|Parliament]], and [[UnitedKingdom/PrimeMinisters|prime minister]] of the [[UnitedKingdom/Democratization|United Kingdom]]. <> ---- == History == Eden volunteered for the [[UnitedKingdom/ArmedForces#British_Army|British Army]] during [[WorldHistory/WorldWar1|World War 1]]. He was promoted into the officer corp and, by war's end, held the title of brigade major. In 1922, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the [[UnitedKingdom/Parliament|Parliament]] as a [[UnitedKingdom/ConservativeParty|Conservative]]. He however did win a seat in the December 1923 snap elections. Eden first entered government in 1931, as part of the [[UnitedKingdom/RamsayMacDonald|MacDonald]] coalition government. He then served as [[UnitedKingdom/StanleyBaldwin|Baldwin's]] [[UnitedKingdom/ForeignCommonwealthAndDevelopmentOffice|foreign secretary]]. Under [[UnitedKingdom/NevilleChamberlain|Chamberlain]] however, he and the foreign office were often circumvented to enact a foreign policy of appeasement. Eden resigned in protest of the re-establishment of normal diplomatic relations with [[Italy/BenitoMussolini|Italy]], and in the context that Chamberlain had decided to not intervene in the [[Austria/Democratization#Anschluss|Anschluss]]. [[UnitedKingdom/WinstonChurchill|Churchill]] briefly appointed Eden as secretary of state for war in 1940, but soon after restored him to the foreign office. After the Conservatives lost the June 1945 general elections, Eden emerged as Churchill's preferred successor. Eden however remained as his deputy throughout the Conservative opposition and into Churchill's second government, until Churchill finally resigned in 1955. Eden was toppled by the '''Suez Crisis'''. [[UnitedStates/DwightDEisenhower|American]] and [[WorldHistory/UnitedNations|UN]] diplomatic pressure forced him to halt the invasion of [[Egypt/GamalAbdelNasser|Egypt]]. In particular, the U.S. barred the [[WorldHistory/UnitedNations/InternationalMonetaryFund|IMF]] from granting the UK a loan and furthermore threatened to sell off all holdings in pound sterling. Eden resigned both as [[UnitedKingdom/PrimeMinisters|PM]] and from his seat in the Parliament. Eden was created '''earl of Avon''' in 1961 and entered the House of Lords. He died in 1977. ---- CategoryRicottone