Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
(1902-1982), Politician; served as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign SecretarySitter in 44 portraits
Conservative politician who held high office in the 1950s and early 1960s. Minister of Education (1941-5); Chancellor of the Exchequer (1951-5); Home Secretary (1957-62); Foreign Secretary (1963-4). His principal achievement is seen as the 1944 Education Act, the 'Butler Act' which set the pattern for free secondary education for the next twenty years.
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1951
NPG x100274
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden; (Samuel) James Butler
by Sir (Henry) Ashley Clarke
vintage colour snapshot print, June 1955
NPG x136228
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Walter Bird
vintage print, 1964
NPG x183926
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
half-plate film negative, 2 July 1965
NPG x125936
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