Within 24 hours of his return to power, Winston Churchill had chosen the key men in his cabinet. All are his close, trusted friends. All are men of wealth. All but two are old-guard Tories. The team:
deputy" Anthony and Eden, Churchill's heir debonair apparent "trusted -Foreign Secretary, deputy P.M.
and Leader of the House of Commons, a taxing triple assignment. A great -great-grandson of the last British Governor of Maryland, Eden has a proper Tory background -county aristocracy, Eton. Oxford (high honors in Oriental languages), a good army regiment, Whitehall and May fair....
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