John Bush | |
Birth Date: | 4 August 1819 |
Birth Place: | England |
Death Place: | Bangkok, Siam |
Resting Place: | Bangkok Protestant Cemetery |
Other Names: | Captain Bush |
Occupation: | Sea captain |
Phraya Wisuth Sakoradith |
Admiral Sir John Bush, KCWE,[1] commonly known as Captain Bush and sometimes by his Thai title Phraya Wisuth Sakoradith (th|พระยาวิสูตรสาครดิฐ, 4 August 1819 –), was an English sea captain who served under the Siamese government during the reigns of Kings Mongkut and Chulalongkorn. He came to Siam in early 1857 as a merchant ship captain and was engaged as Bangkok's Harbour Master the next year, captained royal vessels and managed the Bangkok Dock Company until his retirement in 1893.[2] [3] Soi Charoen Krung 30, the street where he used to live, is also known as Soi Captain Bush after him.[4]