Hans Busk the elder (28 May 1772 – 8 February 1862) was a Welsh poet, who published poems during the period 1814–34. His poems included titles such as "The Banquet", "The Dessert" and "The Vestriad". Although obscure today, they did receive some attention at the time, for instance "The Banquet" and "The Vestriad" were reviewed in the ''

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'', the latter on the front page. Hans Busk lived at Glenalder Hall (or Glenalders),

Nantmel Nantmel is a village and a community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales, and is 76.5 miles (123.1 km) from Cardiff and 150.5 miles (242.2 km) from London. In 2011 the population of Nantmel was 621 with 11.8% of them able to speak Welsh. ...

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, Wales, and was a justice of the peace. He served as

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in 1837. He later lived at Culverden Grove,

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. He lived for many years at

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, near

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in the

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, where he died in 1862.

Family

He was the youngest son of Sir

Wadsworth Busk Sir Wadsworth Busk (3 January 1730 – 15 December 1811) was Attorney-General of the Isle of Man from 1774 to 1797. He was knighted in 1781. He entered Middle Temple in 1744 and was called to the bar in 1755. After his career as attorney-general ...

and Alice, daughter of Edward Parish. His father served as

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for more than twenty years, where Hans received his early education. His grandfather Jacob Hans Busk was an immigrant from Sweden or Norway. In April or May 1814 he married Maria, daughter of Joseph Green. His eldest son was Hans Busk the younger. His daughters were

Julia Clara Pitt Byrne Julia Clara Pitt Byrne (nee Busk, christened 6 Jul 1819 – 1894) was a British author of memoirs about celebrities of her time, as well as more serious social commentary. Biography She was the second daughter of Hans Busk (1772-1862), Hans B ...

;

Rachel Harriette Busk Rachel Harriette Busk (1831—1907) was a British traveller and folklorist. Life She was born in 1831, in London. She was the youngest of five daughters of Hans Busk the elder and his wife Maria; and sister of Hans Busk the younger and of Juli ...

; Maria Georgiana Loder, wife of

Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet, DL, JP (7 August 1823 – May 1888) was an English landowner, magistrate and Conservative politician. Biography Early life Robert Loder was born on 7 August 1823 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His father was Giles ...

; Amelia Sophia Crawford (1817–1896); and Frances Rosalie Vansittart (involved in the important legal case ''Vansittart v. Vansittart'' against her husband in the

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). The book ''Converts to Rome'' separately lists all five of his daughters as having converted to

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, although in the case of Maria Georgiana it was when she was in her seventies.

References

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Hans Busk (1772-1862)
(thePeerage.com)

External links

1772 births 1862 deaths Anglo-Welsh poets High Sheriffs of Radnorshire 19th-century Welsh poets {{wales-writer-stub