BUSBY, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1564 (tutor, the Dean); QS 1567-70 (Chapter Muniments 54005-18, 54020).
BUSBY, JOHN, son of Timothy Busby, and nephew of Richard Busby (elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1624, qv); b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1641; KS in 1644; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1647, but detained at school “through the exigence of warre” (Register of Visitors of the Univ. of Oxford 1647 to 1658, Camden Society, 2nd ser., xxix, 268), Westminster Student; BA 1650; MA 1652; apparently expelled by the Parliamentary Visitors for neglecting to appear before them 1650, but restored by them in 1651; deprived of his studentship for a half year on account of a speech which he made at a funeral, “contayning matter of profanation and abuse of scripture” 8 Nov 1653 (ibid., 370-1); became a “fugitive” from Christ Church, but was again restored 6 Nov 1655; sometime an Usher at the School; described by Edward Bagshaw (KS 1644, qv) in his pamphlet of 1659 as “a worthless and infamous person”, who “grossly abused the liberty of whipping”, but Bagshaw’s opinion of the nephew of the Head Master was probably not free from bias; living 1660.
BUSBY, RICHARD, second son of Richard Busby, Lutton, otherwise Sutton St. Nicholas, Lincs., and ---, sister of Henry Robinson, Westminster ; b. 22 Sep 1606 ; adm. ; KS (Capt.) ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1624, matr. 10 Feb 1625/6, Westminster Student to 1661, Tutor 1632-7 ; BA 1628 (incorp.Camb.1628) ; MA 1631 ; DD 1660 ; acted the part of Cratander in Cartwright’s Royal Slave before the King and Queen at Christ Church 30 Aug 1636, with great success ; ordained ; appointed Head Master of the School in the place of Lambert Osbaldeston (qv) in 1638/9, but not confirmed in that office until 23 Dec 1640 ; Prebendary of Wells and Rector of Cudworth, Somerset, 1 Jul 1639 ; ejected from his stall and rectory during the Commonwealth, but was allowed to retain his Studentship at Christ Church and his post at Westminster ; there is no evidence that he took either the Covenant or the Engagement, and of his loyalty both to Church and King there is no question ; Robert South (qv) relates that “the King was publicly prayed for in this school but an hour or two (at most) before his sacred head was struck off”, while John Owen, Dean of Christ Church, used often to say that “it would never be well with the nation till this School was suppressed” (Sermons preached upon several occasions by Robert South, 1865, i, 420-32) ; his chief trouble during the Commonwealth seems to have been with the Under Master, Edward Bagshaw (qv), who was eventually dismissed from the School by the Governors, May 1658 ; restored as Prebendary of Wells on the Restoration, also Canon Residentiary and Treasurer from 11 Aug 1660 ; Proctor in Convocation, Diocese of Bath and Wells ; Prebendary of Westminster from 5 Jul 1660, Treasurer 1660-72, Archdeacon from 1672 ; carried the ampulla at the Coronation of Charles II, 23 Apr 1661, and the orb and cross at the Coronation of James II, 23 Apr 1685 ; a great schoolmaster and a most successful teacher ; “the soil”, says Steele, “which he manured, always grew fertile” ; gained the respect and veneration of his pupils in spite of his excessive use of the birch ; his chair is preserved up School, and many of the books which he bequeathed to the School are still in the Busby Library, built by him at his own expense ; the Busby Trustees, thirteen in number and always OWW, still carry out the charitable trusts of his will for the benefit of the poorer clergy and others ; author, Graecae Grammaticae Rudimenta, 1663, and other books for the use of the School ; d. unm. 5 Apr 1695 ; buried in the Choir, Westminster Abbey, in front of the steps leading to the Sacrarium, under the black and white marble pavement of which he was the donor ; monument by Bird in Poet’s Corner. DNB ; see also G.F.Russell Barker, Memoir of Richard Busby, 1695.
BUSBY, RICHARD, second son of Sir John Busby, Kt., Addington, Bucks., and his second wife Mary, dau. of John Dormer, Lee Grange, Bucks.; nephew of William Busby (qv); bapt. Addington, Bucks. 19 Mar 1670 (IGI); at school under Busby (HMC pt 1, vol. vii, 481, letter from John Verney, 5 Jun 1684, in which Verney writes that “Dormer Sheppard tells me he is going to bind out Dick Busby . . to some sea-captain, being a very idle youth. Dr. Busby is his godfather, and was his master, but he was a-weary of slashing him”); Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Apr 1688, aged 18.
BUSBY, TOMLINSON, son of Tomlinson Busby, St. Andrew’s, Holborn, and Katherine, dau. of Richard Sutton, Finchley, Middlesex; bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 27 Jan 1723 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Jan 1734/5; left 1737; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Dec 1747; apprenticed to John Peirce, Took’s Court, Chancery Lane, attorney 7 Apr 1748; adm. solicitor 5 Jun 1753; m. 2 Oct 1755 Henrietta Hopkins, Hayes, Middlesex; d. Jul 1765.
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).
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.
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.