Eden in the Country

Photo: LIFE

Then Foreign Minister of Britain, The Right Honourable Anthony Eden was photographed at his country house during the Second World War. A man usually dressed so formally that he had a black silk brimmed version of the Homburg hat named after him, Eden is wearing a silk neckerchief, short sleeved sports shirt, sweater, faded espadrilles and heavy striped trousers that look as though they might once have been part of a suit.

With the exception of the trousers, he would look at home in California today.