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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;
He was born as Richard Austen Butler in Attock Serai, Attock, in India (now in Punjab, Pakistan), on 9 December 1902 to Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler and his wife, Anne Gertrude. Several members of his extended family were prominent public servants and educators. He was better known by the name of “Rab”.
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.
4 mar 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: Mar 4, 2024 • Article History. Byname: Rab Butler. Born: Dec. 9, 1902, Attock Serai, India. Died: March 8, 1982, Great Yeldham, Essex, Eng. (aged 79) Title / Office: House of Lords (1965-1982), United Kingdom. foreign minister (1963-1964), United Kingdom.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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 ...
11 giu 2018 · Rab Butler, 1951-55 Conservative, under Churchill and Eden Richard Austen Butler came from a family of academics, including Cambridge dons, two headmasters of Harrow and one of Haileybury. Like Gaitskell, his father was in the Indian Civil Service: Butler was born in the Punjab. He rejected Harrow, failed to get an Eton scholarship ...
Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG, CH, PC, DL (9 December 1902 – 8 March 1982), generally known as R. A. Butler and familiarly known from his initials as Rab, was a British Conservative politician. From July 1941 to May 1945 Butler served as President of the Board of Education, his first Cabinet level post ...
