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Hace 1 día · Avon's surviving son, Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon (1930–1985), known as Viscount Eden from 1961 to 1977, was also a politician and a minister in the Margaret Thatcher government until his death from AIDS at the age of 54.
Hace 4 días · Her stepson, Nicholas, Eden's surviving son from his first marriage, who succeeded him as 2nd Earl of Avon, served as Under-Secretary of State for Energy in Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s, but died of AIDS in 1985. At this point, the earldom became extinct. Eden's premiership
Hace 3 días · The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole. Originally the gentlemen were sworn in pursuance of royal warrants directed to the lord chamberlain. (fn. 2) From 1685 to 1688 these warrants were directed to the groom ...
Hace 3 días · Later Earl of Avon 916 Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh: 1874–1967 1955 Chancellor of the University of Dublin 917 Clement Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee: 1883–1967 1956 Prime Minister 1945–1951 918 Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay: 1887–1965 1957 Secretary General of NATO 919 Michael Willoughby, 11th Baron Middleton: 1887–1970 1957
Hace 5 días · (Robert) Anthony Eden, earl of Avon (Prime Minister 1955–7), lived there from 1966 until his death in 1977. (fn. 39) Other 18th-century buildings include a thatched flint and brick cottage in the north-eastern angle of the junction of the Ansty and Berwick St. John roads, cottages west of the Ansty road, and four brick estate ...
Hace 2 días · Groom of the Stole 1660–1837. The groom of the stole was the effective head of the royal bedchamber, with the right to attend the Sovereign at all times and to regulate access to the bedchamber and closet even when absent. The office, which was invariably coupled with that of first gentleman or first lady of the bedchamber from 1660, was in ...
Hace 3 días · The new earl of Norfolk, he maintains, was certainly a good citizen, especially during Edward's absence in the years to 1274 and in Wales and Scotland, for example. He was placed under pressure by the king's quo warranto campaign and by demands that he pay back his debts to the Exchequer, the sum of which he disagreed with on more than one occasion.
