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Name	Sir Richard Layton Butler
Born	3 March, 1885 Gawler, South Australia, Australia
Died	21 January, 1966 (aged 80) North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Playford, Thomas (work colleague) Barker, Alwyn Bowman (acquaintance)
Occupation or Descriptor *	farmer (1905-1966) South Australia, Australia stock and station agent (1905-1966) South Australia, Australia Member of Lower House (1915-1918) South Australia, Australia pro-conscriptionist (1916-1917) South Australia, Australia Member of Lower House (1921-1938) South Australia, Australia premier (1927-1930) South Australia, Australia premier (1933-1938) South Australia, Australia company director (1939-1966) South Australia, Australia

* Dates are approximate