Nevile Butler
Sir Nevile Montagu Butler KCMG CVO (20 December 1893 – 11 November 1973) was a British diplomat.[1]
Butler was born in 1893 to Henry Montagu Butler and Agnata Frances Ramsay. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]
After serving as Minister at the British Embassy at Washington in 1940–1941[2] he headed the North American Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1941–1944), and between 1944 and 1947 was assistant under-secretary there. He was then appointed as the British ambassador to Brazil (1947–51)[3] and to the Netherlands (1952–54).[4][5][6]
For his services he was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1933 Birthday Honours,[7] a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1942 New Year Honours[8] and was promoted to Knight Commander in the Order (KCMG) in the 1947 Birthday Honours.[9][1]
In 1923, he married Oonah Rose McNeile, daughter of Col. John McNeile. They had two daughters.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Obituary: Sir Nevile Butler". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 13 November 1973. p. 18.
- ^ "No. 35068". The London Gazette. 7 February 1941. p. 751.
- ^ "No. 38192". The London Gazette. 30 January 1948. p. 742.
- ^ "No. 39569". The London Gazette. 10 June 1952. p. 3185.
- ^ Isaiah Berlin (2012). Enlightening: Letters 1946 – 1960. Random House. pp. 301–. ISBN 978-1-4464-9608-4.
- ^ Chris Cook (2012). The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives: Sources Since 1945. Routledge. pp. 32–. ISBN 978-1-136-50962-9.
- ^ "No. 33946". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1933. p. 3805.
- ^ "No. 35399". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1941. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 37977". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1947. p. 2576.