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Pembroke College, Cambridge. Richard Austen Butler was born 9 December 1902 in Attock, British India, the eldest son of Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler, a member of the Indian Civil Service, and Anne Smith. He had two sisters, Iris (1905–2002), who married Lieutenant-Colonel Gervase Portal (1890–1961) and became a writer, and Dorothy (1909 ...
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Jul 21, 2015 · (12 Jul 1948) Various shots including close-up of the above being interviewed, speaks on Conservative policy. Talking about pound & wages. "Rab" Butler speak...
Apr 13, 2014 · Downing Street, London. 1952?Various shots of Rab A. Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer, seated at desk natural sound: "In the last few months, every famil...
He was a key figure in the Conservative Party in the 1950s. Richard Austen Butler - who was always known as 'Rab' - was born on 9 December 1902 in India. He was educated at Cambridge University ...
Mar 4, 2024 · Conservative Party. R. A. Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden (born Dec. 9, 1902, Attock Serai, India—died March 8, 1982, Great Yeldham, Essex, Eng.) was a British statesman high in the councils of government during World War II and the postwar years. Educated at Cambridge (1921–25), Butler lectured at that university on French history ...
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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 ...
Apr 22, 2014 · What is the legacy of the Education Act, 70 years on? Rab Butler's 1944 reforms gave teachers autonomy but schools' freedom today comes with strings attached. Roy Blatchford. Tue 22 Apr 2014 02.25 ...
