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Also Known As Rab Butler • Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
Born December 9, 1902 • India
Died March 8, 1982 (aged 79) • Essex • England
Title / Office House of Lords (1965-1982), United Kingdom • foreign minister (1963-1964), United Kingdom • Chancellor of the Exchequer (1951-1955), United Kingdom • House of Commons (1929-1965), United Kingdom
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