Harcourt Butler

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Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler (1 August 1869 — 2 March 1938) was the first governor of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (now Uttar Pradesh, India. Educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, University of Oxford, Butler entered the Indian Civil Services soon afterwards, in 1890. He served as governor of from 3 January 1921 to 21 December 1922, and was followed by Sir William Marris. Butler later went on to serve as Governor of Burma from 2 January 1923 to 20 December 1927; he was also acting lieutenant-governor from 28 October 1915 to 22 September 1917, and again from 21 December 1922 to 2 January 1923.

Preceded by Sir George Shaw	Lieutenant Governor of British Crown Colony of Burma 1915–1917	Succeeded by Walter Francis Rice
Preceded by Sir Reginald Henry Craddock	Lieutenant Governor of British Crown Colony of Burma 1922–1923	Succeeded by last incumbent
Preceded by first incumbent	Governor of British Crown Colony of Burma 1923–1927	Succeeded by Sir Charles Alexander Innes

[edit] References

• About Harcourt Butler. National Informatics Centre, Uttar Pradesh State Unit. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
• http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Myanmar.htm