Henry Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe

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Henry Bucknall Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe, Bt, GBE, PC (15 August 187218 November 1949) was a British Conservative politician.

Betterton was a lawyer, practising for some years at the Chancery Bar. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe in Nottingham in 1918. He served as a junior minister at the Ministry of Labour in 1923 and again 1924-29. He served as Minister of Labour from 1931 until 1934.

Betterton was made a Baronet in 1929 and was raised to the peerage as Baron Rushcliffe in 1935, which title became extinct on his death in 1949.

Political offices
Preceded by
Margaret Bondfield
Minister of Labour
1931–1934
Succeeded by
Oliver Stanley
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New Creation
Baron Rushcliffe
1935–1949
Succeeded by
Extinct

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