Henry Munro-Butler-Johnstone

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Henry Alexander Munro-Butler-Johnstone (7 December 1837 – 17 October 1902) was a British author and Conservative Party politician.

Born as Henry Alexander Butler-Johnstone,{{cite book|last=Mosley|first=Charles|title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition|publisher=Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd|year=2003|edition=107|volume=1|pages=1215}} he was the son of Henry Butler-Johnstone (himself born Hon. Henry Butler), a younger son of the 13th Baron Dunboyne, by his wife Isabella Margaret Munro, daughter of Sir Alexander Munro.{{cite book

|last=Mair

|first=Robert Henry

|title=Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870

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|year=1870

|publisher=Dean & Son

|location=London

|page=159

}} His father took the surname Butler-Johnstone to honour an inheritance from his wife's uncle, and he himself took the additional surname Munro from his mother in 1874.

He was educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1861 with a first-class Bachelor of Arts degree in classics. In 1862 he was elected Member of Parliament for Canterbury, a position he resigned in 1878. From 1868 he sat as an independent. He was also Deputy Lieutenant for Ross-shire, and in 1875 published the book The Eastern Question.

He died in Paris on 17 October 1902.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Obituaries |date=20 October 1902 |page=4 |issue=36903}} In 1909 his body was cremated and his ashes transferred to England, where he was buried.