Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

The Right Honourable Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, K.G., C.H., P.C., D.L.
*Born: 9 December 1902
*Died: 8 March 1982
==Known as==
*1902-1929: R. A. Butler, Esq.
*1929-1939: R. A. Butler, Esq., M.P.
*1939-1954: The Rt. Hon. R. A. Butler, M.P.
*1954-1965: The Rt. Hon. R. A. Butler, C.H., M.P.
*1965-1971 The Lord Butler of Saffron Walden, C.H., P.C., D.L.
*1971-1982 The Lord Butler of Saffron Walden, K.G., C.H., P.C., D.L.
==Education==
*Marlborough College
*Pembroke College, Cambridge
*Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
==Offices==
*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 Titles==
*Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, 1965
==Chivalric Orders==
*Knight of the Garter, 1971
==Other Honours==
*Companion of Honour, 1954
*Deputy Lieutenant
==Other Positions==
*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 Council==
*Privy Councillor, 1939
==Parliamentary Seats==
*Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden, 1929-1965
==Parliamentary Positions==
*Leader of the House of Commons, 1955-1961
==Party Positions==
*Chairman of the Conservative Research Department, 1945-1965
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Butler, Richard Austen, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
Category:Secretaries of State
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