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Beatrice Beckett. Beatrice Helen Beckett (27 July 1905 – 29 June 1957) was the first wife of British politician Anthony Eden . Early life. She was the third daughter of Sir William Gervase Beckett, Bt. (1866–1937), a banker, Conservative MP, and chairman of the Yorkshire Post, and his wife, Mabel Theresa Duncombe (1877–1913).
- Beatrice Helen Beckett, 26 July 1905
- 3, including Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon
- 29 June 1957 (aged 51)
- Sir Gervase Beckett, Bt., Mabel Duncombe
In 1950, Eden was divorced from his first wife, Beatrice (née Beckett, 1905–1957). Although she was a Roman Catholic and her church was opposed to divorce, Spencer-Churchill married Eden, who had become Foreign Secretary again in 1951, in a civil ceremony at Caxton Hall, London, on 14 August 1952.
- 15 November 2021 (aged 101), London, England
- Former spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (1955–1957)
- Anne Clarissa Spencer-Churchill, 28 June 1920, Kensington, London, England
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