Harcourt Butler

Sir Harcourt Butler GCSI, GCIE, KStJ
Governor of Burma
In office 2 January 1923 – 20 December 1927
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Charles Alexander Innes
Lieutenant Governor of Burma
In office 21 December 1922 – 2 January 1923
Preceded by	Reginald Craddock
Succeeded by	Office dissolved
Lieutenant Governor of Burma
In office 28 October 1915 – 22 September 1917
Preceded by	George Shaw
Succeeded by	Walter Francis Rice
Personal details
Born	(1869-08-01)1 August 1869 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Died	2 March 1938(1938-03-02) (aged 68) Camden, London, England
Spouse	Amelia Katherine Florence Wright
Relations	Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler Harry Nelson Wright (brother-in-law)
Children	1
Alma mater	Harrow School, Balliol College, Oxford
Occupation	Administrator

Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler GCSI, GCIE, DL, FRGS, FRSA, FRAS, FZS (1 August 1869 – 2 March 1938) was an officer of the Indian Civil Service who was the leading British official in Burma for much of his career, serving as Lieutenant-Governor (1915–17 and 1922–23) and later Governor of Burma (1923–27).

He also served as Lieutenant Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1918 to 1921 and later was the first governor of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1921 to 1922.^[1]