The Archive · 1938

MR. ANTHONY EDEN'S

BRILLIANT RISE

War M.C. Showed Promise Early in Career London, Feb. 21.

Mr, Anthony Eden famous for his black moustache and his "Anthony Eden Hat," the form oí black Homburg that he adopted and made so popular, was one of the youngest Foreign Sec rear Britain has had for many decader.

Born on June 12, 1897, the second surviving son of the late Sir William Eden, Bart, he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he took a first class in the Honours Schoo! of Oriental languages and was vice-President of the Oxford University Asiatic Society,

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