Sir Herbert Walter Butcher, 1st Baronet (12 June 1901 – 11 May 1966) was an English

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 Conservative

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 and National Liberal

National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)

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politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1937 to 1966.

Butcher was the son of Frank Butcher. He was educated at a London County Council

London County Council

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 elementary school

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, and served in the Royal Navy

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 during World War I

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, from 1916 to 1919. He was as a Hackney Borough Council

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lor from 1928 to 1961, serving as Mayor of Hackney in from 1935 to 1937.

He was elected as the Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Holland with Boston

Holland with Boston (UK Parliament constituency)

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 at a by-election in June 1937

Holland with Boston by-election, 1937

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, after the death of the National Liberal MP Sir James Blindell

James Blindell

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. He held the seat at the next six general elections until his retirement at the 1966 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1966

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, when Richard Body was elected as his successor.

From 1950 to 1951, Butcher was Parliamentary Private Secretary

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 (PPS) to the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Walter "Stoker" Edwards. after serving as a Lord of the Treasury

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 from 1951 to 1953. In 1958, he advised his friend and parliamentary colleague John Poulson

John Poulson

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 to set up a servicing company to win business for his architect's practice. After 29 years as an MP, Butcher died less than two months after his retirement.

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