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Resignation of Robert Anthony Eden

Great Britain · Government / National Coalition. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1938

Robert Anthony Eden Avon, 1st19 February 1938

London · Government / National Coalition

Eden offers Chamberlain his resignation, Chamberlain agrees to "sleep on the matter"

Robert Anthony Eden Avon, 1st20 February 1938

London · Government / National Coalition

Resigns over Chamberlains relations with Italy but generally critical of appeasement

Names involved

Robert Anthony Eden Avon, 1st

Provenance

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