John Bush (High Sheriff)
John Bush (c. 1745 – date of death unknown) was the High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.
John Bush | |
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| Born | c. 1745 |
Education
Born c.1745, son of Jonathan Bush of Burcot, he was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School).[1]
Career
He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree from The Queen's College, Oxford (1762). In the 1776 Enclosure Award he was one of two principal landowners in the parish.[1] He became a High Sheriff of Oxfordshire on 8 July 1773.[2] He was a Steward of the OA Club in 1774[3] and held the rank of captain in the Oxfordshire Militia list (1779).
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Thomas Willats of Caversham |
High Sheriff of Oxfordshire 1773–1774 |
Succeeded by William Nedham |
See also
References
- Richardson, William H (1905). List of Some Distinguished Persons Educated at Abingdon School 1563-1855. Hughes Market Place (Abingdon). p. 6.
- University of Oxford (1801). A Catalogue of all Graduates in Divinity, Law and Medicine. Clarendon Press. p. 74.
- "Stewards of the OA Club". Abingdon School.
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