Edward Montagu Butler (3 December 1866 – 11 February 1948) was an English first-class cricketer active 1885–89 who played for Middlesex.
He was born in Harrow-on-the-Hill; died in Rogate.Butler was born to a prominent family of academics and athletes, the son of Montagu Butler who, along with his own father, George Butler, was headmaster of Harrow School.
His mother, Georgina Isabella Elliot, was the granddaughter of diplomat Hugh Elliot.
His younger brother Arthur Hugh Montagu Butler (1873–1943) was House of Lords Librarian.
His father remarried Agnata Frances Ramsay (1867–1931) in 1888, who was mother to his younger half-brothers, Sir James Ramsay Montagu Butler (1889–1975) and Sir Nevile Butler.He was the father of Olympic champion sprinter Guy Montagu Butler.