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William Beaumont Busby (1757 – 31 August 1820) was Dean of Rochester from 1808 to 1820.

He was born in 1757 and educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. Appointed 43rd Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons by Speaker Henry Addington in 1796, he was Rector of Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, and then Canon of the First Stall, St George's Chapel, Windsor, from 1803 to 1808 before his elevation to the Deanery.

He died on 31 August 1820.

References

1. National Archives
2. Medway Records
3. The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c. (Lancaster, England), Saturday, 26 March 1808; Issue 354. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
4. "William Beaumont Busby". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.
5. Gray, Donald (1991). "busby+william"+chaplain Chaplain to Mr Speaker: The Religious Life of the House of Commons. H.M. Stationery Office. ISBN 9780108506345. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
6. British History on-line
7. Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries. The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c. (Lancaster, England), Saturday, 23 September 1820; Issue 1005. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.

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