Adam Butler
Adam Butler (1931-2008) was a Conservative politician.[1]
He was the son of the leading Tory R.A. Butler.[2]
Northern Ireland
Butler served as a Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Office from 5 January 1981 to 11 September 1984.[3] When he was posted there by Margaret Thatcher, "he became her agent in the relatively liberal regime of Jim Prior, according to Andrew Roth.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Andrew Roth, Sir Adam Butler, The Guardian, 14 January 2008.
- ↑ Andrew Roth, Sir Adam Butler, The Guardian, 14 January 2008.
- ↑ David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.41.
- ↑ Andrew Roth, Sir Adam Butler, The Guardian, 14 January 2008.
