Rab Butler

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.

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
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 (1902-12-09)9 December 1902 Attock Serai, British India (now Attock, Pakistan)
Died	8 March 1982(1982-03-08) (aged 79) Great Yeldham, Essex, England, UK
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Pembroke College, Cambridge

Rab Butler (1963)

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