John Bush (c. 1745 – date of death unknown) was an English landowner and officer of militia who served as
Sheriff of Oxfordshire
The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'.
The title of High Sheriff is therefore much older ...
in 1773.
Early life
Born about 1745, a son of Jonathan Bush of
Burcot, Bush was educated at
John Roysse's
Free School
Free may refer to:
Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procure ...
in
Abingdon, (now
Abingdon School
Abingdon School is a day and boarding independent school for boys in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The twentieth oldest independent British school, it celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2006. The school was described as "highly ...
).
On 14 December 1762 he matriculated at
Queen's College, Oxford
The Queen's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield in honour of Philippa of Hainault. It is distinguished by its predominantly neoclassical architecture, ...
, aged seventeen. His only graduation recorded in ''
Alumni Oxonienses'' is as a
Doctor of Civil Law on 8 July 1773.
Career
Bush is noted as
Sheriff of Oxfordshire
The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'.
The title of High Sheriff is therefore much older ...
in July 1773. He was a Steward of the
Club of Old Abingdonians in 1774 and in the Enclosure Award of 1776 was one of the two principal landowners in the parish of Burcot.
[ He held the rank of captain in the Oxfordshire Militia list of 1779.
]
Personal life
On 10 March 1770, at Albury, Oxfordshire
Albury is a village in the civil parish of Tiddington-with-Albury, about west of Thame in Oxfordshire.
Manor
Its toponym is derived from the Old English ''Aldeberie'', meaning "old fortified place", suggesting that the village's origins are Sa ...
, Bush married Susanna Wingrove of that parish.[''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
See also
* List of Old Abingdonians
Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School or, in some cases, Honorary Old Abingdonians who have been awarded the status based on service to the School. The Old Abingdonians also run the Old Abingdonian Club (OA club) which is an organ ...
References
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1740s births
People educated at Abingdon School
Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford
Year of death missing
High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire