Henry Montagu Butler

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Henry Montagu Butler
Born	July 2, 1833(1833-07-02) Gayton, Northamptonshire, England
Died	January 14, 1918 (aged 84) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Headmaster, Academic
Spouse	(1) Georgina Elliot (2) Agnata Frances Ramsay

Henry Montagu Butler (July 2, 1833 Gayton, Northamptonshire – January 14, 1918 Cambridge) was an English academic. He was the son of the Headmaster of Harrow School, George Butler. Educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, he married Georgina Elliot in 1861. His second wife was a very young Agnata Frances Ramsay (who in 1887 attained the highest marks in the Classical Tripos at Cambridge). He had five sons and two daughters, including the historian Sir James Butler

[edit] Service

He served as headmaster of Harrow from 1859 to 1885. Dean of Gloucester Cathedral in 1885. He was also Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1886 to 1918, Vice Chancellor of the University, 1889-1890. As headmaster, he influenced many young people, including Stanley Baldwin (Prime Minister); Lord Davidson (Archbishop of Canterbury); Galsworthy of the Forsyte Saga; 10 bishops, including Bishop Gore; 17 judges; 4 viceroys; 12 governors; 12 ambassadors; 33 privy councillors; and 64 generals. He changed Harrow from a hide-bound and backward seventeenth century institution to a rebuilt and well-equipped contemporary school. He wrote one hymn, Lift up your hearts! We lift them, Lord, to thee in 1881. He died in Cambridge on 1918-01-14 ^[1].

[edit] Trivia

Butler's desk was donated to Duke Hospital by Dr. William John Dann in March, 1938. After it had been moved to storage, circumstances led the school to refinish it and hence to discover the plaque telling of its historical significance.

[edit] References

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• Bailey, Albert Edward (1950). The Gospel in Hymns. New York: Charles Scribner's sons, 441-442. 
• Papers of Sir James Ramsay Montagu Butler (1889-1975) historian. Retrieved on 2007-02-17.
• Hospital lobby, early. Retrieved on 2007-02-17.
• The Master of Trinity at Trinity College, Cambridge

Academic offices
Preceded by William Hepworth Thompson	Master of Trinity College, Cambridge 1886–1918	Succeeded by J. J. Thomson

Persondata
NAME	Butler, Henry Montagu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Headmaster, Academic
DATE OF BIRTH	1833-07-02
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gayton, Northamptonshire, England
DATE OF DEATH	1918-01-14
PLACE OF DEATH	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England