BUTLER (or BOTELER), THOMAS, son of Thomas Butler, Ludgate, London, and Isabel, eldest dau. of Sir Henry Bosville, Eynsford, Kent; b.; adm.; a boarder; KS (aged 14) 27 Nov 1656 (Chapter Muniments 43112); left 1659, having failed to obtain election to either university; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 May 1659, scholar 1661; BA 1662/3; MA 1666; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1664- c. 1692, Tutor 1672-87, Junior Bursar 1684-8, Taxor 1684; ordained; Vicar of Marsworth, Bucks., 30 Mar 1686 - deprival as non-juror 1691; retired to Hatfield Broadoak, Essex; buried Hatfield Broadoak, Essex 23 Feb 1709.

BUSTEED, MICHAEL, son of Luke Busteed, Cork; b.; adm.; KS 1690; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1694, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1694, aged 17, scholar 5 Apr 1695, matr. 1695; ordained priest (Cork) 31 May 1702; Curate, Ballinaboy, co. Cork, 1704; Rector of Templemichael, co. Cork 1704-15; Vicar of Ballyfeard, co. Cork, from c. 1711; Vicar Choral of Lismore from 1714; m.; d. 17 Feb 1751/2.

BUST, WILLIAM, son of Henry Bust MD, Oxford; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1577, Westminster Student to 1591; BA 23 Jan 1580/1; MA 6 Mar 1583/4; lived in St. Aldates parish, Oxford; buried St. Aldates, Oxford 4 Aug 1608.

Buss, Kenneth Robin Caron, son of Air Cdre. Kenneth Caron Buss OBE RAF, dep. dir. Foreign Office res. Dept., and his second wife Lilian May, d. of David John Powell of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan; b. 10 May 1939; adm. Sept. 1952 (B); left July 1957; Univ. of Paris 1959-62, Licence-ès-Lettres; FO res. 1967-75; lecturer Woolwich Coll. of Further Education 1975-92; a writer, translator and journalist 1976-; m. 1st, 1963 Patricia Ann Cams; 2nd, Natalia Buss; d. 16 Dec. 2006.

BUSK, THOMAS TESHMAKER, eldest son of Edward Thomas Busk, Ford’s Grove, Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, barrister, and Susannah, dau. of Thomas Benson Pease, Chapel Allerton Hall, Yorks.; b. 13 Sep 1852; adm. 26 Jan 1864 (James'); Min. Can. 1867; left Aug 1871; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jan 1871, matr. Mich. 1871; BA 1875; MA 1879; adm. Middle Temple 4 Nov 1874; of Ford’s Grove, Winchmore Hill; JP Middlesex, Westminster; m. 9 Apr 1885 Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Brindley Acworth, Northaw, Herts., barrister; d. at Blankenberghe, Belgium, 28 May 1894.

Bushrod, Robert Frank, son of Frank Bushrod OBE, of Surbiton, Surrey; b. 25 May 1912; adm. Jan. 1926 (R); left Dec. 1928; E. Lond. Coll.; dir. and gen. man. Eastern Nat. Omnibus Co. and Tillings Transport Ltd; MBE Jan. 1953; dir. Nat. Travel (NBC) Ltd; OBE; d. 2 May 1989.

BUSHE, GERVAIS PARKER, son of Henry Amyas Bushe (qv); b. 2 Apr 1806; adm. 14 Apr 1820 (Best's); left 1821; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1824, matr. Mich. 1824; Cornet, 15th Light Dragoons, 8 Apr 1826; Lieut., 26 Sep 1826; Capt., half-pay, unattached, 21 Sep 1832; 7th Light Dragoons, 2 Jun 1837; Brevet Maj., 9 Nov 1846; Maj., half-pay, unattached, 10 Dec 1847; 7th Dragoon Guards, 27 Jun 1851, retiring same day; of Glencairn Abbey, Co. Waterford; DL JP co. Waterford, High Sheriff 1837; m. 27 May 1857 Georgina Agnes, dau. of Lieut. William Smart RN; d. 1879.

Buschmann, Marcel Julien Adolphe Charles Albert, b. April 6, 1896; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (R); left . July 1912; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 14th Batt. Middlesex Regt. Feb. 16, 1915.

Busby’s was named after the Head Master Richard Busby (1606-1695). The house colours of blue and maroon were taken from the first housemaster’s dining room carpet. Busby’s is one of the two houses that still regularly produces a house magazine, the annual College Street Clarion.

BUSBY, WILLIAM, third son of Robert Busby, Addington, Bucks., barrister, Bencher Gray’s Inn, and his second wife Abigail, dau. of Sir John Gore, Kt., Alderman of London; b.; adm. 26 Jan 1656/7 (Busby’s Account Book); a boarder; KS (aged 16) 1658; adm. Gray’s Inn 26 Nov 1660, called to bar 25 Jun 1667, Ancient 26 Nov 1680, Bencher 25 Jun 1688; one of the original trustees of Busby’s will; lic. to m. 17 Jun 1680 Elizabeth Metcalfe, London, widow; d. 1705 (will proved PCC 18 May 1706).