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Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

(1902-1982), Politician; served as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary

Sitter 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.

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Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157230

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Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157231

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Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157232

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Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157233

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Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157234

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Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

by Walter Stoneman
negative, September 1941
NPG x163068

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Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

by Walter Stoneman
negative, September 1941
NPG x163069

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Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

by Walter Stoneman
negative, September 1941
NPG x163070

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Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

by Walter Stoneman
negative, September 1941
NPG x163071

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Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

by Hay Wrightson
chlorobromide print, circa 1950s
NPG x47169

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Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1951
NPG x100271

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Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1951
NPG x100272

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Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1951
NPG x100273

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