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9 January. Sir Anthony Eden has resigned as prime minister of Britain due to ill health. A statement issued by Buckingham Palace at 1900 GMT today said that following a private audience with the Queen, Her Majesty had accepted the prime minister's resignation. Sir Anthony issued his own statement this evening: "When I returned to this country a ...
Sir Anthony Eden resigns, 1957. Sir Anthony Eden has resigned as prime minister due to ill health. In a statement, he said: "When I returned to this country a month ago I hoped that my health had ...
- Eden and Chamberlain: Men with A Mission
- Facing The Dictators: The European Context
- The Far Eastern Context
Eden and Chamberlain had poor personal chemistry and had become exasperated with each other. Each thought himself better qualified to work for peace and to delay, if not avoid war. Eden had longer professional experience in international affairs, but Chamberlain had been dabbling–many said interfering–in foreign affairs long before he became Prime ...
The British government had been actively seeking better relations with both Nazi Germany and Italy since the summer of 1937, Chamberlain taking the opportunity of Eden’s holidays to see if anything might be done to deflect Hitler and Mussolini from aggression, Eden working through the League of Nations and other international groupings. The Chiefs ...
The outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war in July 1937 threatened British interests, particularly in China. Japanese policy was to dominate mainland China before risking armed conflict with other major powers, but Tokyo had strong links to Berlin and Rome. Chamberlain sought back-channel negotiations with Japan to try and avert the danger of a Triple A...
May 1, 2003 · Most of the descriptions of Anthony Eden's illness at the time of Suez in 1956 focus on his well‐known problems with inflammation of the bile duct or cholangitis. We know now that in the midst of the Suez Crisis, Sir Horace Evans, Eden's physician, packed the Prime Minister off to Jamaica to recuperate.
- David Owen
- 2003
Anthony Eden. Statesman and nobleman Anthony Eden (1897-1977) briefly succeeded Winston Churchill as prime minister of Britain during its disastrous invasion of Suez in 1956. From a wealthy and privileged background, Robert Anthony Eden was born on June 12, 1897, at Windlestone Hall near Bishop Auckland, Durham.
Jan 9, 1977 · Jan. 8 (AP)—Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden became seriously during a visit to Florida and a Royal Air. Force plane was sent today to bring him home to England, the Government said. The 79 ...
Apr 15, 2020 · British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden gives a television and radio speech about the Suez Canal crisis in London on August 9, 1956. - An Anglo-French intervention was launched after Egypt's President Nasser nationalized the Suez canal 26 July 1956. End of December diplomatic action by the USA and the USSR forced Britain and France to withdraw ...
