Henry Montagu Butler Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Henry Montagu Butler NPG Ax29142

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio), published by T. Fisher Unwin

Butler was appointed headmaster of Harrow in 1859, at the age of just twenty-six; he remained in this post until 1885. He did much to modernise the school and established good relationships with both boys and staff, taking a personal interest in their welfare. The demands of school management led to a serious illness in 1881, and in 1885 he accepted the position of dean of Gloucester Cathedral. The posting was short lived, however, as the following year he was appointed master of Trinity College,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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