Henry Betterton

The Right Honourable The Lord Rushcliffe GBE, PC
Minister of Labour
In office 25 August 1931 – 29 June 1934
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Ramsay Macdonald
Preceded by	Margaret Bondfield
Succeeded by	Hon. Oliver Stanley
Personal details
Born	15 August 1872
Died	18 November 1949 (aged 77)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	(1) Violet Gilliat (d. 1947) (2) Inez Lubbock (d. 1955)
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Henry Bucknall Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe, GBE, PC (15 August 1872 – 18 November 1949), known as Sir Henry Betterton, Bt, between 1929 and 1935, was a British barrister and Conservative politician. He served as Minister of Labour under Ramsay Macdonald between 1931 and 1934.

Betterton was the son of Henry Inman Betterton, of Woodville, Leicestershire, and Agnes, daughter of Samuel Bucknall. He was educated at Rugby and Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1896. He practiced for some years at the Chancery Bar.

Betterton was elected Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe in Nottingham in 1918. He served under Stanley Baldwin as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour between 1923 and 1924 and again between 1924 and 1929. When the National Government was formed in 1931 he was sworn of the Privy Council and made Minister of Labour under Ramsay Macdonald, a post he held until 1934, when he also retired from the House of Commons.

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