R. A. Butler
The Right Honourable The Lord Butler of Saffron Walden KG CH DL PC Deputy Prime Minister of United Kingdom In office 13 July 1962 – 18 October 1963 Prime Minister Harold Macmillan Preceded by Anthony Eden Succeeded by William Whitelaw First Secretary of State In office 13 July 1962 – 18 October 1963 Prime Minister Harold Macmillan Preceded by Office Created Succeeded by George Brown Shadow Foreign Secretary In office 16 October 1964 – 27 July 1965 Leader Sir Alec Douglas-Home Preceded by Patrick Gordon Walker Succeeded by Reginald Maudling Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs In office 20 October 1963 – 16 October 1964 Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home Preceded by Sir Alec Douglas-Home Succeeded by Patrick Gordon Walker Home Secretary In office 14 January 1957 – 13 July 1962 Prime Minister Harold Macmillan Preceded by Gwilym Lloyd George Succeeded by Henry Brooke Leader of the House of Commons In office 20 December 1955 – 9 October 1961 Prime Minister Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan Preceded by Harry Crookshank Succeeded by Iain Macleod Chancellor of the Exchequer In office 28 October 1951 – 20 December 1955 Prime Minister Winston Churchill Anthony Eden Preceded by Hugh Gaitskell Succeeded by Harold Macmillan Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer In office 10 December 1950 – 28 October 1951 Leader Winston Churchill Preceded by Oliver Stanley Succeeded by Hugh Gaitskell Minister of Labour and National Service In office 25 May 1945 – 26 July 1945 Leader Winston Churchill Preceded by Ernest Bevin Succeeded by George Isaacs President of the Board of Education In office 20 July 1941 – 25 May 1945 Leader Winston Churchill Preceded by Herwald Ramsbotham Succeeded by Richard Law Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs with Ivor Windsor-Clive (1938–1940) In office 15 May 1940 – 20 July 1941 Preceded by Ivor Windsor-Clive Succeeded by Richard Law In office 25 February 1938 – 10 May 1940 Preceded by Ivor Windsor-Clive Succeeded by Ivor Windsor-Clive Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden In office 30 May 1929 – 15 October 1965 Preceded by William Foot Mitchell Succeeded by Peter Kirk Personal details Born Richard Austen Butler (1902-12-09)9 December 1902 Attock Serai, British India Died 8 March 1982(1982-03-08) (aged 79) Great Yeldham, Essex Political party Conservative Alma mater Marlborough College Pembroke College, Cambridge a. ^ Office vacant from 6 April 1955 to 13 July 1962. b. ^ Office vacant from 18 October 1963 to 4 May 1979. c. ^ Office vacant from 18 October 1963 to 16 October 1964. "R. A. Butler" redirects here. For the Irish politician, see Richard A. Butler. Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG, CH, DL, PC (9 December 1902 – 8 March 1982), generally known as R. A. Butler and familiarly known as Rab, was a British Conservative politician. Butler was one of only two British politicians (the other being John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon) to have served in three of the four Great Offices of State (Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary) but never to have been the Prime Minister, for which he was twice passed over.