Iris Butler

Iris Mary Butler (15 June 1905 – 2002) was an English journalist and historian.

Butler was born in Simla, India, to Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler and his wife Ann. Her brother was the Conservative politician Rab Butler. 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 under her maiden name.

Iris Butler's grandson is Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury.