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Jan 21, 1917 Died on 30 Oct 1996 (aged 79)
British historian
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About Rohan Butler
- Rohan D'Olier Butler (21 January 1917 - 30 October 1996) was an English historian and civil servant. Butler worked on the multi-volume Documents on British Foreign Policy, 1919–1939.
- He was an editor (1945–54) under Sir Llewellyn Woodward, then senior editor (1955–65) of the project.From 1963 to 1982 he was historical adviser to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
- Butler believed that historians could make a beneficial contribution to the formation of foreign policy, and he wrote extensively, especially on German and Russian issues.
- Sir Julian Bullard wrote that "there were few important British ministerial speeches in that period in which the argument was not strengthened and the text not embellished by a contribution from Rohan's distinctive pen".He was the son of Sir Harold Butler.
