Rab Butler | |
Foreign Secretary | |
In office:
January 6, 1958 - October 9, 1959 | |
Preceded by: | Selwyn Lloyd |
Succeded by: | Aneurin Bevan |
Home Secretary | |
In office:
December 20, 1955 - January 6, 1958 | |
Preceded by: | David Maxwell - Fyfe |
Succeded by: | Unknown |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
In office:
May 27, 1955 - December 20, 1955 | |
Preceded by: | Hugh Gaitskell |
Succeded by: | Harold Macmillan |
Biography | |
Born: |
December 9 1902, Attock Serai, British India |
Died | March 8 1982, Great Yeldham, Essex |
Nationality: | British |
Political party: | Conservative |
Spouse: |
Sydney Elizabeth Courtauld |
Children: | 4 |
Alma mater: |
Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Occupation: | Politician |
Religion: | Anglican |
Rab Butler was a british conservative politician who held several cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer (1955), Home secretary (1955 - 1958) and Foreign Secretary (1958 - 1959).
He is one of only a handful of politicians (the others being Roy Jenkins, James Callaghan and Michael Howard) to hold three or more of the great offices if state.