Sir Paul Bush | |
Birth Date: | 21 September 1855 |
Birth Place: | Duloe, Cornwall |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Serviceyears: | 1859–1916 |
Rank: | Vice Admiral |
Commands: | HMS St George HMS Sutlej Cape of Good Hope Station |
Branch: | Royal Navy |
Battles: | Mahdist War |
Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Member of the Royal Victorian Order |
Vice Admiral Sir Paul Warner Bush (21 September 1855 - 15 March 1930) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station.
Bush joined the Royal Navy in 1859.[1] Promoted to lieutenant in 1877, he served at the Battle of Tokar in February 1884 during the Mahdist War and received the Order of Osminieh (Fourth Class).[1] Promoted to captain in 1897, Bush was given a command of the protected cruiser HMS St George on 26 February 1901.[2] [3] In May the following year, he was appointed in command of the armored cruiser HMS Sutlej on her first commission, for the Channel Squadron.[4] He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station in 1910[1] and retired in 1916.[5]
In 1900 he married Rachel Adela Bond.[5] They went on to have four children: three sons, and a daughter: