Alexander Busby (1808 – 26 April 1873) was an English-born Australian politician. He was the son of surveyor John Busby and Sarah Kennedy, and migrated to New South Wales in 1824. He bought land near Cassilis in the 1830s in partnership with his brother William. A pastoralist, he married Caroline Cripps. From 1856 to 1858 he was a member of the

New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in th ...

. Busby died in England in 1873.

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1808 births 1873 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub