Sir Montague Butler KCSI, Kt., CB, CIE, CVO, CBE |
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16th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man | |
In office 1933–1937 |
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Monarch | George V Edward VIII George VI |
Preceded by | Claude Hill |
Succeeded by | Earl Granville |
Personal details | |
Born | Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler 19 May 1873 |
Died | 7 November 1955 | (aged 82)
Nationality | British |
Spouse(s) | Ann Gertrude Smith |
Children | One son and one daughter |
Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler, KCSI, Kt., CB, CIE, CVO, CBE, ICS (19 May 1873 – 7 November 1955) was Governor of Central Provinces of British India between 1925 and 1933. He was the father of noted British politician Rab Butler.
Born at Julian Hill, a grade II listed building in Harrow, London, Butler was educated at Haileybury and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[1] He became a Fellow of Pembroke in 1895 and entered the Indian Civil Service in 1896.[2] He was appointed a CIE in 1909, [3] a CB in 1916, [4] a CVO in 1918 and a CBE in 1920. [5] He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1924 King's Birthday Honours [6] and was further knighted as a KCSI in December of that year, upon his appointment as Governor of the Central Provinces. [7]
Having been knighted in 1924, he was president of the Council of State of India from 1924 to 1925[2] and Governor of the Central Provinces from 1925 to 1933,[8] and during this same time was chancellor of Nagpur University.[2] After returning to the UK, he was Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 1933 to 1937, and then Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1937 to 1948.[2] He was mayor of Cambridge between 1941 and 1943.[2][9]
His parents were Spencer Perceval Butler and Mary, only child of the Revd Nicholas Kendall of Bodmin.[2][10] He was the brother of Cyril Kendall Butler, KBE, Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, Sir George Geoffrey Gilbert Butler KBE, and Arthur Francis Norman-Butler OBE.[2] In 1901, he married Ann Gertrude Smith.[2] He was survived by son Rab Butler and daughter Iris Mary Butler.[11]
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Preceded by Sir Claude Hill |
Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man 1933–1937 |
Succeeded by Earl Granville |
Academic offices | ||
Preceded by Arthur Hutchinson |
Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge 1937–1948 |
Succeeded by Sydney Castle Roberts |
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