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Earl of Avon was a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It was created in 1961 for the former
Prime Minister
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Sir Anthony Eden
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 until his resignation in 1957.
Achieving rapid promo ...
, together with the subsidiary title Viscount Eden, of
Royal Leamington Spa in the
County of Warwick
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, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The titles became extinct on the death of his only surviving son Nicholas, the second Earl, in 1985.
Eden was a member of the prominent
Eden family
Eden (Hebrew: ), as a given name, has several derivations, from the Biblical Garden of Eden, meaning 'delight'; It is given to girls and boys. The first recorded use is from ancient Israel in the book of Genesis.
Given name
Notable people with the ...
. He was the third son of Sir William Eden, 7th Baronet, of West Auckland, and 5th Baronet, of Maryland. Eden's nephew was fellow
Conservative
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politician
John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton. Eden's great-great-grandfather Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland, was the elder brother of
William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland
William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, PC (Ire), FRS (3 April 174528 May 1814) was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1793.
Early life
A member of the influential Eden family, Auckland was a younger son ...
, and
Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley
Morton Frederick Eden, 1st Baron Henley (8 July 1752 – 6 December 1830), was a British diplomat.
Eden was a younger son of Sir Robert Eden, 3rd Baronet, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. From 1776 to 1779, he was Minister t ...
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Earls of Avon (1961)
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Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 until his resignation in 1957.
Achieving rapid promo ...
(1897–1977)
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Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon (1930–1985)
See also
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Baron Auckland
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Baron Henley
Baron Henley is a title that has been created twice: first in the Peerage of Great Britain and then in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in 1760 in favour of Sir Robert Henley, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, when he was ...
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Eden baronets
The Eden Baronetcy, of West Auckland in the County of Durham, and the Eden Baronetcy, of Maryland in North America, are two titles in the Baronetage of England and Baronetage of Great Britain respectively that have been united under a single hol ...
References
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1961 establishments in the United Kingdom
1985 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Eden family
Peerages created for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1961
Noble titles created for UK MPs