Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden (1902-1982), Politician
Sitter in 42 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.
by Victor Weisz
pen and ink, blue crayon and white heightening, 1964
NPG 5361
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157230
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157231
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157232
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157233
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157234
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden with an unidentified man
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157235
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Walter Stoneman
negative, September 1941
NPG x163068
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Walter Stoneman
negative, September 1941
NPG x163069
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Walter Stoneman
negative, September 1941
NPG x163070
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Walter Stoneman
negative, September 1941
NPG x163071
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1942
NPG x1764
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1942
NPG x1765
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1942
NPG x1766
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1942
NPG x1767
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Hay Wrightson
chlorobromide print, circa 1950s
NPG x47169
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1951
NPG x100271
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1951
NPG x100272
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1951
NPG x100273
Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1951
NPG x100274
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
Politicians
Place
Essex
