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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 ...
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.
Richard Austen Butler was a British Conservative politician who rose to fame during his tenure as the Education Minister (1941–45). He was the one responsible for overseeing the Education Act 1944 which changed the education system for secondary schools in England and Wales.
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.
R. A. Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden 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 until 1929, when he was elected to Parliament as a Conservative.
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Learn about the life and career of Rab Butler, a prominent Conservative politician and the architect of the 1944 Education Act. Find out how he supported appeasement, promoted moderate policies, and failed to become party leader.
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A biography of R. A. (‘Rab’) Butler, a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, and Foreign Secretary under Churchill and Macmillan. Learn about his education, career, achievements, and failures in various roles and contexts.
