Hans Busk the younger DL (11 May 1815 in London – 11 March 1882 in

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) was one of the originators of the "

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". He was educated at

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and

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, graduating with a BA in 1839 and an

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in 1844. He was called to the bar at the

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in 1841. While still an undergraduate, he lobbied the Government to form rifle clubs for defence against invasion, and created a model rifle club at Cambridge in 1837. This grew into the "

" movement, which he helped to pioneer. He served with the 1st Middlesex Rifle Volunteers and with the Royal Victoria Rifle Club, and wrote a number of practical manuals regarding rifle training. He was styled "Captain Busk". He also took an interest in designing yachts and lifeboats, and advocated the installation of lifeboat stations. He was a gastronome, and founded the School of Cookery at

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. In 1873 he became a Fellow of the

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Family

He was the son of Hans Busk the elder. His siblings included Julia Clara Pitt Byrne and

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 ...

; another sister, Maria Georgiana, married

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 ...

. Another sister, Frances Rosalie, married Rev. Charles Vansittart in May 1845, but the marriage was deeply troubled, and Hans Busk was involved in legal proceedings between his sister and her husband, including the precedent-setting case ''Vansittart v. Vansittart'' before the

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. Hans Busk "Barrister-at-Law" died 11th March 1882 at 21 Ashley Place, Westminster. In his will proved 12th May 1882, he left a personal estate of £22,576 divided in the main, between his nephew Wilfrid Hans Loder and his widowed daughter Annie Mary Moore also of 21 Ashley Place.Last Will and Testament Because he had the same name as his father, some well-known reference sources confuse the two. For instance ''

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'' incorrectly states that he is the father, rather than the brother of Rachel Harriette Busk; and the

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incorrectly states that he was high sheriff of Radnorshire (a post occupied by his father).

Works

*1858: ''The Rifleman's Manual; or, Rifles, and how to use them''; 2nd ed. London: Charles Noble *1858: ''The Rifle, and how to use it''; 3rd ed. London: Routledge *1859: ''The Rifle, and how to use it''; 4th ed. London: Routledge *(1859) 1971: --do.-- reissue of 4th ed. Richmond, Surrey: Richmond Pub Co. *1859: ''The Navies of the World; their present state, and future capabilities''. London: Routledge, Warnes & Routledge *(1859) 1971:--do.-- reissued: Richmond, Surrey: Richmond Pub Co. *1860: ''Rifle Volunteers: how to organize and drill them''; 7th ed. London: Routledge *1860: ''Hand-Book for Hythe'' .e. for the School of Musketry at Hythe London: Routledge, Warnes & Routledge *(1860) 1971: --do.--reissued: Richmond, Surrey: Richmond Pub Co.

References

Hans Busk (1815–1882)
(thePeerage.com) 1815 births 1882 deaths Alumni of King's College London Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 19th-century Welsh writers Deputy Lieutenants of Middlesex Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Artists' Rifles soldiers Volunteer Force officers {{wales-writer-stub