Butler, Richard Austen, 1902 - 1982 (Baron Butler of Saffron Walden)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1902 - 1982
Dates and places
Born Attock Serai, India, 9 December 1902. Died 8 March 1982.
Geographical areas
Halstead, Essex; London.
Legal status / Nationality
British.
Sphere of activity
Minister of Education 1940-5; Minister of Labour 1945; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1951-5; Lord Privy Seal 1955-9; Leader, HoC 1955-61; Home Secretary 1957-62; Deputy PM 1962-3; Foreign Secretary 1963-4; Chairman Cons Party 1959-61, Research Dept 1945-64
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
File
Speeches and articles, 1978-01 - 1978-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 7/1/57
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Soviet designs on Africa; Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; council housing; a profile of R A Butler; relations between China, Japan and the Soviet Union; common interests with Japan; the revolution in Iran.
Dates:
1978-01 - 1978-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.