Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

• Born: 9 December 1902
• Died: 8 March 1982

Contents 1 Known as 2 Education 3 Offices 4 Peerage Titles 5 Chivalric Orders 6 Other Honours 7 Other Positions 8 Privy Council 9 Parliamentary Seats 10 Parliamentary Positions 11 Party Positions

Known asEdit

• 1902-1965 R. A. Butler ("Rab")
• 1965-1982 The Lord Butler of Saffron Walden

EducationEdit

• Marlborough College
• Pembroke College, Cambridge
• Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

OfficesEdit

• Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India, 1931-1932
• Under-Secretary of State for India, 1932-1937
• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour, 1937-1938
• Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1938-1941
• President of the Board of Education, 1941-1944
• Minister of Education, 1944-1945
• Minister of Labour and National Service, 1945
• Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1951-1955
• Lord Privy Seal, 1955-1959
• Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1957-1962
• Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State, 1962-1963
• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1963-1964

Peerage TitlesEdit

• Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, 1965

Chivalric OrdersEdit

• Knight of the Garter, 1971

Other HonoursEdit

• Companion of Honour, 1954

Other PositionsEdit

• President of the Modern Language Assocaition, 1946-1982
• President of the National Association of Mental Health, 1946-1982
• President of the Royal Society of Literature, 1951-1982
• Rector of Glasgow University, 1956-1959
• High Steward of Cambridge University, 1958-1966
• Chancellor of Sheffield University, 1960-1978
• Chancellor of Essex University, 1962-1982
• High Steward of the City of Cambridge, 1963-1982
• Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1965-1977

Privy CouncilEdit

• Privy Councillor, 1939

Parliamentary SeatsEdit

• Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden, 1929-1965

Parliamentary PositionsEdit

• Leader of the House of Commons, 1955-1961

Party PositionsEdit

• Chairman of the Conservative Research Department, 1945-1965

Preceded by: Gwilym Lloyd-George	Home Secretary 1957–1962	Succeeded by: Henry Brooke
Preceded by: The Earl of Home	Foreign Secretary 1963–1964	Succeeded by: Patrick Gordon Walker