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Personal life. On 20 April 1926, Butler married Sydney Elizabeth Courtauld (1902–1954), the daughter of Samuel Courtauld and co-heiress to the Courtaulds textile fortune. They had four children: Sir Richard Clive Butler (1929–2012), President of the National Farmer's Union from 1979 to 1986;
- British
- Conservative
- 4, including Adam (by Sydney Courtauld)
- Harold Macmillan
Rab Butler. (Former Chancellor of the Exchequer) 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.
Early life. Butler was born in Attock Khurd, Attock, British India, to Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler of the Indian Civil Service and his wife, Anne Gertrude (née Smith). Butler's mother was the daughter of George Smith, who was Principal of the Doveton Boys College in Calcutta.
- British
- 8 March 1982 (aged 79), Great Yeldham, Essex, England
- Rab
4 mar 2024 · 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 until 1929, when he ...
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17 ago 2020 · 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 ...
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 Hoare , the ...
Summarize this article for a 10 year old. SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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 ...
