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ARTHUR CECIL TEMPERLEY (1877-1940) served as one of the chief British representatives at Geneva during the ten years of discussions on disarmament, and was military adviser to four Foreign Secretar...ver maisARTHUR CECIL TEMPERLEY (1877-1940) served as one of the chief British representatives at Geneva during the ten years of discussions on disarmament, and was military adviser to four Foreign Secretaries during that period. Born on August 31, 1877 in Cambridge, England, General Temperley received numerous awards for his services, including Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB); Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG); Distinguished Service Order for service in France and Flanders; Queen’s South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Orange free State. Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902); India General Service Medal 1908 (North West Frontier 1908); 1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal; and Silver Jubilee Medal 1935. He died on April 7, 1940 in England, aged 62.
ROBERT ANTHONY EDEN, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (1897-1977) was a British Conservative politician. He became Foreign Secretary at age 38, a position he held for most of the Second World War, as well as in the early 1950s. He was deputy to Winston Churchill for almost 15 years and succeeded him as the leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister in April 1955, and a month later won a general election.ver menos