The Earl of Avon | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment | |
In office 11 September 1984 – 27 March 1985 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | new appointment |
Succeeded by | Angela Rumbold |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy | |
In office 6 January 1983 – 11 September 1984 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | David Mellor |
Succeeded by | David Hunt |
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip | |
In office 22 September 1980 – 6 January 1983 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | The Lord Mowbray |
Succeeded by | The Lord Lucas of Chilworth |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 14 January 1977 – 17 August 1985 Hereditary Peerage | |
Preceded by | The 1st Earl of Avon |
Succeeded by | Earldom extinct |
Personal details | |
Born | Nicholas Eden 3 October 1930 |
Died | 17 August 1985 London, England | (aged 54)
Political party | Conservative |
Parent(s) | Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon Beatrice Beckett |
Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon, OBE, TD, DL (3 October 1930 – 17 August 1985), styled Viscount Eden between 1961 and 1977, was a British Army officer and, later, a Conservative politician. He was the younger son of Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden and his first wife, Beatrice (née Beckett).