Rab Butler

The Right Honourable

The Lord Butler of Saffron Walden

KG CH PC
The Right Honourable; The Lord Butler of Saffron Walden; KG CH PC
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
	In office; 13 July 1962 – 18 October 1963
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Anthony Eden (1955)
Succeeded by	William Whitelaw (1979)
First Secretary of State
	In office; 13 July 1962 – 18 October 1963
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	George Brown (1964)
Chancellor of the Exchequer
	In office; 28 October 1951 – 20 December 1955
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill; Anthony Eden
Preceded by	Hugh Gaitskell
Succeeded by	Harold Macmillan
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 20 October 1963 – 16 October 1964
Prime Minister	Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by	Alec Douglas-Home
Succeeded by	Patrick Gordon-Walker
Secretary of State for the Home Department
	In office; 14 January 1957 – 13 July 1962
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Gwilym Lloyd-George
Succeeded by	Henry Brooke
Chairman of the Conservative Party
	In office; 14 October 1959 – 9 October 1961
Leader	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	The Viscount Hailsham
Succeeded by	Iain Macleod
Leader of the House of Commons
	In office; 20 December 1955 – 9 October 1961
Prime Minister	Anthony Eden; Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Harry Crookshank
Succeeded by	Iain Macleod
Father of the House
	In office; 16 October 1964 – 19 February 1965
Preceded by	Winston Churchill
Succeeded by	Robin Turton
Lord Privy Seal
	In office; 20 December 1955 – 14 October 1959
Prime Minister	Anthony Eden; Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Harry Crookshank
Succeeded by	The Viscount Hailsham
Minister of Labour and National Service
	In office; 25 May 1945 – 26 July 1945
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	Ernest Bevin
Succeeded by	George Isaacs
Minister of Education; President of the Board of Education (1941–44)
	In office; 20 July 1941 – 25 May 1945
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	Herwald Ramsbotham
Succeeded by	Richard Law
Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 25 February 1938 – 20 July 1941; Served with The Earl of Plymouth (1938–40)
Prime Minister	Neville Chamberlain; Winston Churchill
Sec. of State	The Viscount Halifax; Anthony Eden
Preceded by	The Viscount Cranborne
Succeeded by	Richard Law
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 1965–1982; Life Peerage
Member of Parliament; for Saffron Walden
	In office; 30 May 1929 – 19 February 1965
Preceded by	William Mitchell
Succeeded by	Peter Kirk
Leader	In office; 16 October 1964 – 27 July 1965
Shadow Cabinet positions
Shadow Foreign Secretary
	In office; 16 October 1964 – 27 July 1965
Leader	Alec Douglas-Home
Shadowing	Patrick Gordon Walker; Michael Stewart
Preceded by	Patrick Gordon-Walker
Succeeded by	Reginald Maudling
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
	In office; 10 December 1950 – 28 October 1951
Leader	Winston Churchill
Shadowing	Hugh Gaitskell
Preceded by	Oliver Stanley
Succeeded by	Hugh Gaitskell
Personal details
Born	Richard Austen Butler; 9 December 1902; Attock Serai, British India; (now Attock, Pakistan)
Died	8 March 1982 (aged 79); Great Yeldham, Essex, England, UK
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Pembroke College, Cambridge

Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden KG CH PC DL (9 December 1902 – 8 March 1982), also known as R.A. Butler or by his initials as "Rab" Butler, was a Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1962 to 1963 for one year.^[1]^[2]

Butler died of colon cancer on 8 March 1982 at Great Yeldham, Essex.

References

↑ Howard, Anthony (1987). Rab: The Life of R.A. Butler. Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0-224-01862-3.
↑ Jago, Michael (2015). Rab Butler: The Best Prime Minister We Never Had?. ISBN 978-1-84954-920-2.

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[1] Howard, Anthony (1987). Rab: The Life of R.A. Butler. Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0-224-01862-3.

[2] Jago, Michael (2015). Rab Butler: The Best Prime Minister We Never Had?. ISBN 978-1-84954-920-2.

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