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Wadsworth Busk

Sir Wadsworth Busk was Attorney-General of the Isle of Man from 1774 to 1797. He was knighted in 1781.

Family
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==
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