Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden KG CH PC DL, generally known as R. A. Butler and familiarly known from his initials as Rab, was a prominent British Conservative politician. The Times obituary called him "the creator of the modern educational system, the key-figure in the revival of post-war Conservatism, arguably the most successful chancellor since the war and un- questionably a Home Secretary of reforming zeal." He was one of his party's leaders in promoting the Post-war...
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