Sir David Butler, pioneering election analyst, dies aged 98 In 1942, he arrived at New College, Oxford. He joined the Conservative, Labour and Liberal clubs, his determination to experience student political life to the full overcoming any personal ideology. … After two terms, Butler joined the Staffordshire Yeomanry. He did officer training at Sandhurst, and found himself - still only 19 - leading a daring crossing of the Rhine in a fleet of amphibious tanks. "Mercifully, I didn't manage to kill any of my people," he told his biographer, the journalist Michael Crick. [Michael Crick, Sultan of Swing: The Life of David Butler (London: Biteback, 2018).] Sir David Butler obituary From St Paul’s school, London, David followed his father to New College. There he studied philosophy, politics and economics, with a break of two years for service as a lieutenant in the Staffordshire Yeomanry, crossing the Rhine as a tank commander. David Butler (psephologist) - Wikipedia
