John Bush
Bornc. 1745

John Bush (c. 1745 – date of death unknown) was an English landowner and officer of militia who served as Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1773.

Early life

Born about 1745, a son of Jonathan Bush of Burcot, Bush was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School).[1] On 14 December 1762 he matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, aged seventeen. His only graduation recorded in Alumni Oxonienses is as a Doctor of Civil Law on 8 July 1773.[2]

Career

Bush is noted as Sheriff of Oxfordshire in July 1773.[3] He was a Steward of the Club of Old Abingdonians in 1774[4] and in the Enclosure Award of 1776 was one of the two principal landowners in the parish of Burcot.[1] He held the rank of captain in the Oxfordshire Militia list of 1779.

Personal life

On 10 March 1770, at Albury, Oxfordshire, Bush married Susanna Wingrove of that parish.[5]

Political offices Preceded byThomas Willats of Caversham High Sheriff of Oxfordshire 1773–1774 Succeeded byWilliam Nedham

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References

  1. ^ a b Richardson, William H (1905). List of Some Distinguished Persons Educated at Abingdon School 1563-1855. Hughes Market Place (Abingdon). p. 6.
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Bush, John" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ University of Oxford (1801). A Catalogue of all Graduates in Divinity, Law and Medicine. Clarendon Press. p. 74.
  4. ^ "Stewards of the OA Club". Abingdon School.
  5. ^ Register of Marriages in the Parish of Albury, No. 15, John Bush Esq. of the Parish of Dorchester, ancestry.co.uk, accessed 17 September 2021 (subscription required)
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