Samuel Butcher (1850-1910; ODNB), eldest son of Samuel Butcher, bishop of Meath; professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh, 1882-1903; MP (U) Cambridge University, 1906-1910; much admired by Henson, with whom he made common cause over religious education during the controversy over the Liberal government's bill in 1906: Retrospect, I, 145.

Journal references: 13

• 22 Jan 1905
• 26 Jan 1905
• 25 Feb 1906
• 9 Mar 1906
• 25 Mar 1906
• 23 May 1906
• 3 Nov 1907
• 26 Jan 1908
• 28 Nov 1909
• 6 Dec 1909
• 26 Dec 1909
• 5 Jul 1910
• 1 Jan 1911

See also Prothero [née Butcher], Mary Frances