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Butler, Richard A., Baron Butler of Saffron Walden

Date of birth:
December 9th, 1902 (Attock Serai, British India)
Date of death:
March 8th, 1982 (Great Yeldham/Essex, United Kingdom)
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Political career during the Second World War:
20 July 1941 – 25 May 1945: Minister of Education
25 May 1945 – 26 July 1945: Minister of Labour and National Service

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Rank:
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Awarded on:
January 12th, 1954
Order of the Companions of Honour
Rank:
Master of Trinity
Awarded on:
April 23rd, 1971
Order of the Garter

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