Gervase Parker Bushe

Gervase Parker Bushe (1744 – 13 August 1793) was an Irish landowner and MP.

Gervase Parker Bushe
Member of parliament for Granard
In office 1767–1776
Preceded by	Edmond Malone
Succeeded by	Thomas Maunsell
High Sheriff of County Kilkenny
In office 1767–1776
Preceded by	John Greene of Greeneville
Member of Parliament for Kilkenny City
In office 1778–1783
Preceded by	Charles Agar
Succeeded by	William Cuffe
Member of Parliament for Fore
In office 1778–1783
Preceded by	James FitzGerald
Succeeded by	Stephen Francis William Fremantle
Member of Parliament for Lanesborough
In office 1790–1793
Preceded by	Robert Dillon
Succeeded by	Edmond Stanley
Personal details
Born	bapt. (1744-12-22)22 December 1744 Dublin, Ireland
Died	12 August 1793(1793-08-12) (aged 48) Kilfane, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

He was the son of Amyas Bushe of Dublin and his wife Elizabeth Parker. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford (where he matriculated in 1763)^[1] and at Trinity College Dublin (where he graduated BA, LLB and LLD). He became a lawyer and lived at Kilfane in County Kilkenny.^[2]

He served as an MP in the Parliament of Ireland for Granard from 1767 to 1776, for Kilkenny City from 1778 to 1783, for Fore from 1783 to 1790 and for Lanesborough from 1790 to 1793.^[3] He was appointed High Sheriff of County Kilkenny for 1768-69.^[4]

He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy. In a paper presented to the Academy in 1789 he calculated the population of Ireland as approximately 4 million.^[5]

He died in August 1793 at Kilfane. He had married Mary Grattan, the daughter of James Grattan, the Recorder of Dublin and MP for Dublin City and the sister of Henry Grattan, the anti-union MP. They had 10 children.

References

1. s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Bushe, Gervas Parker
2. "The Poets of Ireland". Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
3. "Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
4. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, 1912, Bernard Burke
5. "An Essay towards Ascertaining the Population of Ireland". JSTOR. January 1789. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Edmond Malone Robert Sibthorpe	Member of Parliament for Granard 1767–1776 With: Robert Sibthorpe 1761–1768 Anthony Malone 1768–1769 Richard Malone 1769–1776	Succeeded by Thomas Maunsell John Kilpatrick
Political offices
Preceded by Arthur Webb	High Sheriff of County Kilkenny 1768–1769	Succeeded by Edward Deane
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Charles Agar Sir Haydocke Morres	Member of Parliament for Kilkenny City 1778–1783 With: Eland Mossom 1777–1783	Succeeded by William Cuffe John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde
Preceded by James FitzGerald Cornelius O'Keefe	Member of Parliament for Fore 1783–1790 With: George Nugent 1780–1792	Succeeded by Stephen Francis William Fremantle John Macartney
Preceded by Robert Dillon Cornelius Bolton	Member of Parliament for Lanesborough 1790–1793 With: Stephen Moore 1790–1798	Succeeded by Edmond Stanley John La Touche