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    Howard, Anthony (1987). RAB: The Life of R. A. Butler. Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0-224-01862-3. Jago, Michael (2015). Rab Butler: The Best Prime Minister...
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  • War, but it was re-established on a wider basis with a larger staff by Rab Butler, who would be its chairman from 1945 until 1965 Its post-war role included...
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    "swordsman" and would later display open contempt for other politicians (e.g. Rab Butler, Hugh Gaitskell, Harold Wilson) who, often through no fault of their own...
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  • Look up rab or Rab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rab may refer to: Rab (island), an island in Croatia Rab (town), on the island of Rab Ráb, the Slovak...
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    brother Tim had to sell Windlestone in 1936. Referring to his parentage, Rab Butler would later quip that Anthony Eden — a handsome but ill-tempered man —...
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    with his namesake Rab Butler. Memos for Rab Butler, some highly sensitive, ended up on his desk, and some of his ended up on Rab's. It was agreed that...
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    similarity in his outlook to that of his Conservative Party counterpart Rab Butler was dubbed "Butskellism", initially a satirical term blending their names...
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    Badenoch. It was held for many years by former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rab Butler and by former Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Alan Haselhurst...
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  • his role as Judge Buller in the BBC drama Garrow's Law. He appeared as Rab Butler in the first two seasons of The Crown, in The Iron Lady with Meryl Streep...
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    to Macmillan in 1963 (he claimed to have supported Macmillan's deputy Rab Butler, although it is unclear exactly what his recommendation had been). He...
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    Exchequer, was chosen over Rab Butler as the new party leader and consequently as Prime Minister. Harold Macmillan tried to placate Butler, who had stood against...
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    C. J. C. & Toomer, Air Vice-Marshal S. E. (2004) [1st. pub. HMSO 1954]. Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The Mediterranean and Middle East: The Early Successes...
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  • sons and two daughters: Richard Austen "Rab" Butler (1902–1982), the Conservative statesman Iris Mary Butler (1905–2002), a journalist and historian,...
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  • major legislation was the Education Act of 1944, written by Conservative Rab Butler, a moderate, with his deputy, Labour's James Chuter Ede, a former teacher...
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    Norton 2020, p. 142. Thornton, Stephen; Kirkup, Jonathan (2023). "From Rab to Raab: The Construction of the Office of First Secretary of State". Parliamentary...
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    Richard Austen Butler (9 December 1902 – 8 March 1982), generally known as R. A. Butler and familiarly known from his initials as Rab, was a prominent...
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    1957. Howard, Anthony, RAB: The Life of R. A. Butler, Jonathan Cape 1987 ISBN 978-0-224-01862-3. Jago, Michael, Rab Butler: The Best Prime Minister...
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    Richard Austen Butler (9 December 1902 – 8 March 1982), generally known as R. A. Butler and familiarly known from his initials as Rab, was a prominent...
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    235-255. Howard, Anthony. RAB: The Life of R.A. Butler (2013) ch 10. (originally published 1987) Jago, Michael. Rab Butler: The Best Prime Minister We...
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    his political career he served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rab Butler at the Foreign Office from 1938 in the Chamberlain administration and...
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    as too linked to business and the City of London, so it was given to Rab Butler. Instead he became Secretary of State for the Colonies, a position which...
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    subject, utterly and entirely negative and devoid of constructive thought." Rab Butler, who as Under-Secretary for India helped pilot the Act through the House...
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    Sandys and Peake were all educated at Eton College. He initially retained Rab Butler, with whom he did not get along, as Chancellor of the Exchequer. At the...
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    Wilcockson 2016 Endeavour Ivor Maddox Episode: Arcadia Churchill's Secret Rab Butler TV movie 2017 Black Sails Captain Berringer 3 episodes 2018 Father Brown...
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    Party) and worked for the Conservative Research Department (CRD) under Rab Butler, where his colleagues included Iain Macleod and Reginald Maudling. Powell's...
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  • theoretical. The Education Act 1944 (also known as the Butler Education Act after its creator, Rab Butler), which applied only to England and Wales, promised...
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    chairman from Butler between July 1943 and August 1944 while Butler was busy passing the Education Act 1944 (see Political career of Rab Butler (1941-1951))...
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  • Layton Butler (1885–1966), Australian politician, Premier of South Australia Richard A. Butler (Irish politician), Irish independent senator Rab Butler (Richard...
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  • philosophy was updated and developed by the new conservatism movement led by Rab Butler. New conservatism attempted to distinguish itself from the socialism of...
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    familiarly known from his initials as Rab, was a British Conservative politician. From July 1941 to May 1945 Butler served as President of the Board of...
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