service in the Army Intelligence Corps, recruiting many former students including Bernard Willson to work on code breaking at Bletchley Park. From 1942 he worked in the field of civil affairs and military government, with particular focus on France. After the conclusion of hostilities, he was appointed editor United Kingdom Military Series of the History of the Second World War by the Prime Minister Clement Attlee. He was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History in 1947, holding the chair until 1954. He wrote two of the volumes concerning grand strategy published in that series. In 1958 he was given a knighthood for his work on the books. Butler resigned his chair in 1954 and was then appointed emeritus professor. The following year he was elected vice-master of Trinity College, a post he held until 1960. Publications The Passing of the Great Reform Bill (1914) Henry Montagu Butler : a memoir (1925) History of England, 1815–1918 (1928) Grand Strategy, vol II (September 1939 – June 1941) (1957) Lord Lothian (1960) Grand Strategy, vol III (June 1941 – August 1942) with J.M.A. Gwyer (1964) References Sources Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' External links 1889 births 1975 deaths Intelligence Corps officers Military personnel from Cambridgeshire People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British Army personnel of World War I Presidents of the Cambridge Union Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the University of Cambridge UK MPs 1922–1923 British Army personnel of World War II Scottish Horse officers People from Cambridge Bletchley Park people Officers of the Order of the British Empire Members of the University of Cambridge faculty of history 20th-century British historians Independent members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom James Ramsay Regius Professors of History (Cambridge)