Born in
Leeds, Busk was the son of Swedish wool merchant Jacob Hans Busck who was naturalised British and whose grandfather was French, Their children were: • Edward Busk (1765–1838) • Jacob Hans Busk (1767–1844) married Martha (1782 - 1846), daughter of Joseph Dawson of
Royds Hall. • Robert Busk (1768–1835), whose 1780s school-boy
diary is held in the Museum of Manx Memories. He became a merchant; one of his children was the scientist
George Busk. •
Hans Busk (1772–1862) Sir Wadsworth married his second wife Sara in 1787. Lady Busk died in her 81st year in
Bath in 1819. ==References==