William, Baron de Bush

He was husband of the opera singer Pauline Joran, and father of Paulise de Bush, who became the "Baby Baroness" following his death in a railway accident in 1903.

In 1888 he stood as the President of Chemical Section and was the British Representative on the Supreme Jury of the Brussels Exhibition in 1888.

This led to his being granted the title of Freiherr (Baron) von Bush by Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in ducal letters patent dated 25 December 1889.

[3] The Baron de Bush was granted a Royal license to use his title in the United Kingdom on 29 July 1896.

On 24 July 1903, de Bush died after falling in front of an express train near Northampton while he and his wife were travelling up to Scotland.