John George Butcher, 1st Baron Danesfort, KC (15 November 1853 – 30 June 1935), known as Sir John Butcher, Bt, between 1918 and 1924, was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.

[2] Butcher was Member of Parliament for York from 1892 to 1906 and from 1910 to 1923,[2][3][4] in 1918 becoming the first Member of Parliament for York to be the sole parliamentary representative, as the constituency had previously had two MPs.

He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1897,[5] awarded the honorary freedom of the City of York in 1906 and created a baronet, of Danesfort in the County of Kerry, in 1918.

[7] Lord Danesfort married Alice Mary Gordon, author and domestic electrical pioneer, daughter of J. E. L. Brandreth, and widow of J.E.H.

Lord Danesfort survived her by six years and died in June 1935, aged 81, at which time the baronetcy and barony became extinct.