 Spencer was born on 1 Aug 1869 in Middlesex England and died on 2 Mar 1938 in London England at age 68.He married to Amelia Katherine Florence WRIGHT (Amelia was born on 27 Apr 1872 in India and died on 10 Nov 1951 in Earls Court Middlesex England at age 79).Educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford, Butler entered the Indian Civil Services soon afterwards, in 1890.