Henry Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe
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Henry Bucknall Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe, Bt, GBE, PC (15 August 1872 – 18 November 1949) was a British Conservative Party 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.
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| Preceded by Leif Jones |
Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe 1918–1934 |
Succeeded by Ralph Assheton |
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| Preceded by Margaret Bondfield |
Minister of Labour 1931–1934 |
Succeeded by Oliver Stanley |
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| Preceded by New Creation |
Baron Rushcliffe 1935–1949 |
Succeeded by Extinct |
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