Editing Mark Butcher (section)

==Personal life==

He was born to a [[Jamaica]]n mother and an English father.<ref>[http://www.kickitout.org/news.php/news_id/2864 The Hidden race]. Kickitout.org. Retrieved on 22 May 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-mark-of-a-cool-hero-1146344.html Cricket: Mark of a cool hero]. Independent.co.uk (22 February 1998). Retrieved on 2018-05-22.</ref>

Butcher attended Cumnor House Prep School,<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/74479.html Cricinfo article: "My School Sport: Mark Butcher"]. Content-usa.cricinfo.com (19 August 1998). Retrieved on 2018-05-22.</ref> [[Trinity School of John Whitgift|Trinity School]] and [[Archbishop Tenison's C of E High School, Croydon|Archbishop Tenison's School]] in Croydon, and supports the local [[association football|football]] team, [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_/ai_n12844082 | work=Sunday Mirror | title=Football: World Cup 2002: Test aces lifted by triumph | date=16 June 2002}}</ref>

At one time during his playing career, Butcher was married to former England and Surrey teammate [[Alec Stewart]]'s sister Judy.<ref name="cric"/> Surrey's former coach and player, [[Alan Butcher]], is his father, and his brother, [[Gary Butcher|Gary]], played for [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] and Surrey.<ref name="cric"/>