The Right Honourable The Earl of Avon KG MC PC Prime Minister of the United Kingdom In office 6 April 1955 -- 10 January 1957 Monarch Elizabeth II Preceded by Sir Winston Churchill Succeeded by Harold Macmillan Member of Parliament for Warwick and Leamington In office 6 December 1923 -- 10 January 1957 Preceded by Ernest Pollock Succeeded by John Hobson Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal In office 1961 -- 1977 Hereditary Peerage Succeeded by Nicholas Eden Leadership positions Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom In office 26 October 1951 -- 6 April 1955 Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill Preceded by Herbert Morrison Succeeded by Rab Butler (1962) Leader of the Conservative Party In office 6 April 1955 -- 10 January 1957 Preceded by Sir Winston Churchill Succeeded by Harold Macmillan Ministerial offices Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs In office 28 October 1951 -- 7 April 1955 Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill Preceded by Herbert Morrison Succeeded by Harold Macmillan In office 22 December 1940 -- 26 July 1945 Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by The Viscount Halifax Succeeded by Ernest Bevin In office 22 December 1935 -- 20 February 1938 Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain Preceded by Sir Samuel Hoare Succeeded by The Viscount Halifax Leader of the House of Commons In office 22 November 1942 -- 26 July 1945 Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by Sir Stafford Cripps Succeeded by Herbert Morrison Secretary of State for War In office 11 May 1940 -- 22 December 1940 Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by Oliver Stanley Succeeded by David Margesson Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs In office 3 September 1939 -- 14 May 1940 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill Preceded by Sir Thomas Inskip Succeeded by The Viscount Caldecote Lord Privy Seal In office June 1934 -- 7 June 1935 Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald Preceded by Stanley Baldwin Succeeded by The Marquess of Londonderry Personal details Robert Anthony Eden (1897 - 06 - 12) 12 June 1897 Windlestone Hall, Rushyford, County Durham, England 14 January 1977 (1977 - 01 - 14) (aged 79) Alvediston, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Cause of death Liver cancer Resting place Churchyard of St Mary 's, Alvediston Nationality British Political party Conservative Spouse (s) Beatrice Beckett (m. 1923; div. 1950) Clarissa Spencer - Churchill (m. 1952) Children Simon Robert Nicholas Parents Sir William Eden Sybil Frances Grey Alma mater Eton College Christ Church, Oxford Military service Service / branch British Army Years of service 1915 -- 1919 1920 -- 1923 1939 Rank Major Unit King 's Royal Rifle Corps Durham Light Infantry Battles / wars World War I Western Front Battle of the Somme Battle of Messines Battle of Passchendaele Operation Michael Hundred Days Offensive Awards Military Cross a. ^ Office vacant from 6 April 1955 to 13 July 1962.
who took over from eden as prime minister
Harold Macmillan Harold Macmillan Harold Macmillan