Sir Herbert Walter Butcher, 1st Baronet (12 June 1901 – 11 May 1966)
was an
English Conservative and
National Liberal politician. He sat in the
House of Commons from 1937 to 1966.
Butcher was the son of Frank Butcher.
He was educated at
Hastings Grammar School, and served in the
Royal Navy during
World War I, from 1916 to 1919.
He was as a
Hackney Borough Council
Hackney London Borough Council is the local government authority for the London Borough of Hackney, London, England, one of 32 London borough councils. The council is unusual in the United Kingdom local government system in that its executive fun ...
lor from 1928 to 1961, serving as Mayor of Hackney from 1935 to 1937.
He was elected as the
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Holland with Boston
Holland with Boston was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of ...
at a
by-election in June 1937,
after the death of the National Liberal MP
Sir James Blindell. He held the seat at the next six
general elections until his retirement at the
1966 general election, when
Richard Body was elected as his successor.
From 1950 to 1951, Butcher was
Parliamentary Private Secretary
A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom who acts as an unpaid assistant to a minister or shadow minister. They are selected from backbench MPs as the 'eyes and ears' of the minister in the H ...
(PPS) to the
Civil Lord of the Admiralty,
Walter "Stoker" Edwards. He served as a
Lord of the Treasury from 1951 to 1953. In 1958, he advised his friend
John Poulson to set up a servicing company to win business for his architect's practice.
Having been
knighted
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the Christian denomination, church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood ...
on 10 February 1953, Butcher was created a
Baronet of
Holland in the
County of Lincoln
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershir ...
on 22 July 1960.
After 29 years as an MP, Butcher died less than two months after his retirement, aged 64.
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1901 births
1966 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1935–1945
UK MPs 1945–1950
UK MPs 1950–1951
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UK MPs 1959–1964
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Place of birth missing
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People educated at Hastings Grammar School
Ministers in the third Churchill government, 1951–1955
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