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John Bush (High Sheriff)

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John Bush
Bornc. 1745

John Bush (c. 1745 – date of death unknown) was the High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.

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 Honourary 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
Preceded by
Thomas Willats of Caversham
High Sheriff of Oxfordshire
1773–1774
Succeeded by

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Richardson, William H (1905). List of Some Distinguished Persons Educated at Abingdon School 1563-1855. Hughes Market Place (Abingdon). p. 6.
  2. ^ University of Oxford (1801). A Catalogue of all Graduates in Divinity, Law and Medicine. Clarendon Press. p. 74.
  3. ^ "Stewards of the OA Club". Abingdon School.