Sir George Geoffrey Gilbert, CBE, KBE

Butler, Sir (George) Geoffrey Gilbert (1887-1929), historian and politician, was born at 55 Harrington Gardens, Kensington, London, on 15 August 1887, the ninth son of Spencer Perceval Butler, conveyancing counsel of Lincoln's Inn, and his wife, Mary Kendall. He belonged to a distinguished academic family.

Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1910-29; employed in Foreign Office news department 1915-17; director of British Bureau of Information, New York, 1917-19; MP (Cons) Cambridge University 1923-29

WW1 - Geoffrey Butler was unable to join his brother in active service, debarred by partial lameness and poor physical health.

Publication - The Tory Tradition - lectures

Sources and References

• https://conservativehistory.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/parkinson-s...