Paul Bush (Royal Navy officer)


Sir Paul Warner Bush was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station.

Naval career

Bush joined the Royal Navy in 1859. 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. Promoted to Captain in 1897, Bush was given a command of the protected cruiser HMS St George on 26 February 1901. In May the following year, he was appointed in command of the armored cruiser HMS Sutlej on her first commission, for the Channel Squadron. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station in 1910 and retired in 1916.

Family

In 1900 he married Rachel Adela Bond.