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Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG, CH, PC, DL (9 December 1902 – 8 March 1982), also known as R. A. Butler and familiarly known from his initials as Rab, was a prominent British Conservative Party politician; he was effectively Deputy Prime Minister to Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan, although he only held the ...
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Richard Austen Butler - who was always known as 'Rab' - was born on 9 December 1902 in India. He was educated at Cambridge University and in 1923 became Conservative member of parliament for ...
The Lord Stanley. Richard Austen Butler (9 December 1902 – 8 March 1982), generally known as R. A. Butler and familiarly known from his initials as Rab, was a prominent British Conservative politician. Butler was elected to Parliament for Saffron Walden in Essex at the 1929 general election and soon became a parliamentary assistant to Samuel ...
- 8 March 1982 (aged 79), Great Yeldham, Essex, England
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Richard Austen Butler (9 December 1902 – 8 March 1982), generally known as R. A. Butler and familiarly known from his initials as Rab, was a prominent British Conservative politician. Butler was born in British India to a family of distinguished Cambridge University academics. As a child, his right hand was permanently disabled in a riding ...
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- 8 March 1982 (aged 79), Great Yeldham, Essex, England
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At the time of his retirement, Rab Butler was awarded a life peerage as Baron Butler of Saffron Walden. Personal Life & Legacy. Rab Butler married Sydney Elizabeth Courtauld in 1926. They had four children. His wife died of cancer in 1954. In 1959, he married Mollie Courtauld, the widow of Augustine Courtauld.
Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden,, also known as R. A. Butler and familiarly known from his initials as Rab, was a prominent British Conservative Party politician; he was effectively Deputy Prime Minister to Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan, although he only held the official title for a brief period in 1962–63.
Search for: 'R. A. (‘Rab’) Butler' in Oxford Reference ». (b. 9 Dec. 1902, d. 8 Mar. 1982).British Chancellor of the Exchequer 1951–5 Born in Attock (Punjab, India) and educated at Cambridge, he was elected to parliament in 1929 as a Conservative. In 1932, he became Under‐Secretary of State for India, and after a period at the Ministry ...
