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Rab Butler

British politician (1902–1982)Personal detailsBornRichard Austen Butler(1902-12-09)9 December 1902Attock Serai, British India (now Attock, Pakistan)Died8 March 1982(1982-03-08) (aged 79)Great Yeldham, Essex, EnglandResting placeSt Mary the Virgin, Saffron WaldenPartyConservativeSpousesSydney Elizabeth Courtauld​ ​(m. 1926; died 1954)​Mollie Courtauld​ ​(m. 1959)​Children4, including Adam (by Sydney Courtauld)ParentMontagu Sherard Dawes Butler (father)Academic backgroundEducationPembroke College, CambridgeAcademic workInstitutionsPembroke College, CambridgeCorpus Christi College, CambridgeMain interestsLanguagesHistoryInternational lawRichard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden (9 December 1902 – 8 March 1982), also known as R. A. Butler and familiarly known from his initials as Rab, was a prominent British Conservative Party politician; he was effectively deputy prime minister to Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan, although he held the official title for only a brief period in 1962–63.

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