Iris Butler

Iris Mary Butler was an English journalist and historian. Butler was born in Simla, India, to Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler and his wife Ann. She wrote for the Eastern Daily Press and in 1967 published an account of the tempestuous relationship between Queen Anne, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough and Abigail Masham. In 1927, she married Gervas Portal but published works under her maiden name. Iris Butler's grandson is Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who has served since 2013.