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 Walter Bird
bromide print, 12 March 1964
NPG x163096
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Paul Joyce
bromide print on card mount, May 1977
NPG x13428
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157230
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157231
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157232
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157233
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157234
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden and an unknown man
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 9 July 1937
NPG x157235
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Walter Stoneman
negative, September 1941
NPG x163068
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Walter Stoneman
negative, September 1941
NPG x163069
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Walter Stoneman
negative, September 1941
NPG x163070
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Walter Stoneman
negative, September 1941
NPG x163071
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1942
NPG x1764
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1942
NPG x1765
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1942
NPG x1766
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1942
NPG x1767
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Hay Wrightson
chlorobromide print, circa 1950s
NPG x47169
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1951
NPG x100271
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1951
NPG x100272
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1951
NPG x100273
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