Rab Butler

Rab Butler
Born	Richard Austen Butler 9 December 1902 Attock Serai, British Raj
Died	8 March 1982 (Age 79) Great Yeldham, England
Alma mater	Marlborough College, Pembroke College (Cambridge)
Party	Conservative
Father of the House  In office 16 October 1964 - 15 October 1965  Shadow Foreign Secretary  In office 16 October 1964 - 27 July 1965 Preceded by Patrick Gordon Walker Succeeded by Reginald Maudling  Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs  In office 20 October 1963 - 16 October 1964 Succeeded by Patrick Gordon Walker  Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom In office 13 July 1962 - 18 October 1963  First Secretary of State  In office 13 July 1962 - 18 October 1963  Chair of the Conservative Party In office 14 October 1959 - 9 October 1961 Succeeded by Iain Macleod  Home Secretary  In office 14 January 1957 - 13 July 1962  Leader of the House of Commons  In office 20 December 1955 - 9 October 1961 Preceded by Harry Crookshank Succeeded by Iain Macleod  Lord Privy Seal  In office 20 December 1955 - 14 October 1959 Succeeded by Quintin Hogg  Chancellor of the Exchequer  In office 28 October 1951 - 20 December 1955 Succeeded by Harold Macmillan  Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer  In office 10 December 1950 - 28 October 1951  UK/Minister of Labour and National Service In office 25 May 1945 - 26 July 1945  UK/Minister of Education In office 20 July 1941 - 25 May 1945  Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs In office 25 February 1938 - 20 July 1941  Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden In office 30 May 1929 - 15 October 1965

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