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, he became Treasurer of Middle Temple. [1]
He was the son of Swedish wool merchant Jacob Hans Busck who was naturalised British, and Rachel Wadsworth. His older brother, Hans Busk (1718–1792), was the great-grandfather of Baron Houghton. Wadsworth Busk married Alice Parish in January 1756; she died in an accident in 1776. His family was originally from Leeds and his children included Hans Busk [2] and Robert Busk (1768–1835) whose school-boy diary is held in the Museum of Manx Memories. [3]
Sir Wadsworth married his second wife Sara in 1787. Lady Busk died in her 81st year in Bath in 1819. [4] [5]
He was the grandfather of scientist George Busk. [6]
Robert Busk (1768–1835) was the son of Sir Wadsworth Busk (Busck) (Attorney General, 1774–1793) and Alice Parish of Newtown, Santon (both originally from Leeds, Yorkshire).
Lady Busk of Bath [portrait painted on 20 September 1816] – Sarah Jane now became a step-mother to five boys; they settled in Beaconsfield and it was there that [her husband, Sir] Wadsworth Busk died in 1811. Sarah Jane [Lady Busk] outlived him by eight years passing away in September 1819 in her 81st year.
Dolley, Michael (1977): ‘Procurator extraordinary – Sir Wadsworth Busk (1730–1811)’. Proceedings of the Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society VIII/3: 207–245.
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, he became Treasurer of Middle Temple. [1]
He was the son of Swedish wool merchant Jacob Hans Busck who was naturalised British, and Rachel Wadsworth. His older brother, Hans Busk (1718–1792), was the great-grandfather of Baron Houghton. Wadsworth Busk married Alice Parish in January 1756; she died in an accident in 1776. His family was originally from Leeds and his children included Hans Busk [2] and Robert Busk (1768–1835) whose school-boy diary is held in the Museum of Manx Memories. [3]
Sir Wadsworth married his second wife Sara in 1787. Lady Busk died in her 81st year in Bath in 1819. [4] [5]
He was the grandfather of scientist George Busk. [6]
Robert Busk (1768–1835) was the son of Sir Wadsworth Busk (Busck) (Attorney General, 1774–1793) and Alice Parish of Newtown, Santon (both originally from Leeds, Yorkshire).
Lady Busk of Bath [portrait painted on 20 September 1816] – Sarah Jane now became a step-mother to five boys; they settled in Beaconsfield and it was there that [her husband, Sir] Wadsworth Busk died in 1811. Sarah Jane [Lady Busk] outlived him by eight years passing away in September 1819 in her 81st year.
Dolley, Michael (1977): ‘Procurator extraordinary – Sir Wadsworth Busk (1730–1811)’. Proceedings of the Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society VIII/3: 207–245.