William Bird Bushby^[1]

- 1886

• Name	William Bird Bushby
  Christening	Morland, Westmorland, Cumbria
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Dec 1886	Saughton, Edinburgh, Scotland
  Notes	The Rev. Canon William Bird Bushby, BA, of St Mary's Episcopal Church, Dalkeith Park (listed as 'Rev. Canon Bushby, B.A.' in Carment's 1887 directory, https://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/archive/87063156 ; 'Bushby, W. B., Dalkeith' signed an 1871 clergy remonstrance, https://anglicanhistory.org/england/jpurchas/remonstrance1871.html). He married Louisa Atkinson in the September quarter of 1849 in the Clifton district - Clifton, Bristol, not Clifton in Westmorland (FreeBMD, Clifton 11/333). The chart says he became a Canon of St Mary's Cathedral in 1880 and died at Saughton, near Edinburgh, on 26 Dec 1886 (death not yet checked in ScotlandsPeople).
  Person ID	I602073329	Walsh - Wilson Family Tree
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2026

  
  

  Father	John Bushby,   c. Morland, Westmorland, Cumbria
  Mother	Esther (Etty) Wright
  Marriage	Kirkland, Cumberland, England
  Family ID	F601968867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Atkinson
  Marriage	Between Jul 1849 and Sep 1849	Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [2]
  Family ID	F601968868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S5021] John Bushby Chart, Bushby family chart (media 928, compiled c.1986). William Bird, bt 6 Aug, Morland; became the Rev. William Bird Bushby, BA, of St Mary's, Dalkeith; lived at the Parsonage, Dalkeith; Canon of St Mary's Cathedral 1880; died 26.12.1886 at Saughton near Edinburgh. 'Had a niece Emma Maria Bushby'. [S5202] FreeBMD, (FreeBMD), Marriages Sep quarter 1849, Clifton 11/333, https://www.freebmd.org.uk.