Ed Butler son of Sir Adam Butler MP and grandson of Conservative politician Richard Austen "Rab" Butler. Ed Butler Brigadier Edward Adam Butler CBE, DSO (born 27 February 1962) is a former British Army officer who commanded Task Force Helmand. Educated at Eton College and the University of Exeter, Butler was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets in August 1984. He was mentioned in dispatches for his service in Northern Ireland in November 1991, received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service for his service in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia in Autumn 1997 and received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service again
Rab Butler wish to withdraw”, but offering to resign. On 28 June, after being shown Churchill’s letter, Butler wrote to Halifax giving an unconvincing explanation, which he later repeated in his memoirs, that by "common sense not bravado", he had been pushing the official line that there could be no peace until Germany had disgorged her conquests. Jago argues that Butler may have been covering for Halifax. Halifax's biographer, Andrew Roberts believes that Butler had been putting words into Halifax's mouth, and that Halifax had already moved away from his earlier openness to a compromise peace. Butler kept his job and was