Educated at
Clifton College, Bush was
commissioned into the
Royal Navy and served in
World War II. He became Commanding officer of the destroyer
HMS Undine as well as Captain of the
6th Frigate Squadron in 1955, Flag Officer (Flotillas) in the
Mediterranean Fleet in 1961 and then Commander of the British Naval staff in Washington, D.C. in 1962. In January 1967 he led a British delegation to South Africa to renegotiate the
Simonstown Agreement. He was appointed
Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1965 and the first
Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet in 1967. He retired in 1970. ==Family==