Butler, Richard Austen, (1902-1982), Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, politician

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Alternative name(s):	Saffron Walden (Also known as)
Surname:	Butler
Forenames:	Richard Austen
Gender:	Male
Date:	1902-1982
Title:	Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
History:	R A Butler; familiarly known as 'Rab'. Conservative MP for Saffron Walden from 1929 to 1965. Chancellor of the Exchequer (1951-1955), Home Secretary (1957-1962), First Secretary of State and Deputy Prime Minister (1962-1963), Foreign Secretary (1963-1964). Created Baron 1965 (Life Peer).
Biography:	ODNB link for Butler, Richard Austen (1902-1982) Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, politician
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275308 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P148150 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Richard Austen Butler

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1946-1964: Lord Butler of Saffron Walden: Private Office Papers	The National Archives, Kew	FO 1109
2	corresp and papers	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	RAB	NRA 32443
3	papers	The National Archives	FO1109	See Annual Return 1996
4	c1942-1982: additional papers rel to his political career and to Trinity College	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	RAB Addl.	See Annual Return 2011
5	1957-63, 1969: corresp with Lord Avon	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	AP 23/13	NRA 28779 Eden
6	1963-69: corresp with Andrew Boyle	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.9429	NRA 44087
7	1933-37: corresp with Lord Brabourne	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur F 97	NRA 27521
8	1947-1961: corresp with PG Buchan-Hepburn	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	HAIS	NRA 24830 Buchan-Hepburn
9	1948-56: corresp with Lord Cherwell	Oxford University: Nuffield College Library	CSAC 80.4.81	NRA 16447
10	1941-67: corresp with Lord Clark	Tate Gallery Archive	TGA 8812	NRA 32463 Clark
11	1932-40: corresp with Sir Stafford Cripps	The National Archives	CAB 127/57
12	1943-44: corresp with Sir Henry Dale	The National Archives	CAB 127/223
13	1950-59: letters to Desmond Donnelly	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	Desmond Donnelly Papers/A27, 75, 146, 150, 366-67	NRA 41723
14	corresp with Henry Drummond-Wolff	Leeds University Library, Special Collections		NRA 27395
15	c1932-36: corresp with Lord Dufferin	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D1071	NRA 5700 Blackwood
16	corresp with Sir Samuel Hoare	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Templewood Papers	NRA 42205 Hoare
17	1944-56: corresp with David Low	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	GEN MSS 96
18	1941, 1951: letters to Albert Mansbridge	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 65253
19	1940-1956: corresp with Lord Monckton	Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections	Dep Monckton	NRA 20879 Monckton
20	1931-36: corresp with Eleanor Rathbone	London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library	7ELR	NRA 20625 Fawcett L Coll
21	1942-45: corresp with 3rd Earl of Selborne	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Selborne papers	NRA 22802
22	1947-72: letters (10) to Lord Tweedsmuir	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.11267/17
23	1958-80: corresp with Sir RR Welensky and some misc papers mainly rel to Rhodesia	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Welensky (passim)	NRA 39191
24	1944-61: corresp with Lord Woolton	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Woolton	NRA 21829