William Busby (priest)

William Beaumont Busby^[1] (1757 – 31 August 1820) was Dean of Rochester^[2] from 1808^[3] to 1820.

William Busby
Born	1757
Died	1820 (aged 62–63)

He was born in 1757 and educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford.^[4] Appointed 43rd Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons by Speaker Henry Addington in 1796,^[5] he was Rector of Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, and then Canon of the First Stall, St George's Chapel, Windsor, from 1803 to 1808 before his elevation to the Deanery.^[6]

He died on 31 August 1820.^[7]

References

1. National Archives
2. Medway Records
3. The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c. (Lancaster, England), Saturday, 26 March 1808; Issue 354. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
4. "William Beaumont Busby". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.
5. Gray, Donald (1991). "busby+william"+chaplain Chaplain to Mr Speaker: The Religious Life of the House of Commons. H.M. Stationery Office. ISBN 9780108506345. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
6. British History on-line
7. Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries. The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c. (Lancaster, England), Saturday, 23 September 1820; Issue 1005. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Samuel Goodenough	Dean of Rochester 1808 – May 1820	Succeeded by Robert Stevens