Marston Clarke Buszard

Who was Marston Clarke Buszard?

Marston Clarke Buszard Q.C. was an English barrister and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.

Buszard was the eldest son of Marston Buszard MD of Lutterworth and his wife Sarah Catherine Clarke, eldest daughter of John Clarke of Peatling Hall who was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1820. Buszard was educated at Rugby School and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was awarded BA 1st Class in Law and 12th senior optime in 1860, the Chancellor's medal for Legal Studies in 1863 and MA and LLM in 1863. He was calIed to Bar at Inner Temple in 1862 and became Queen's Counsel in 1877 and a Bencher of his Inn in 1880. Buszard was leader of the Midland Circuit for 31 years and was leading counsel to the Post Office on the Midland Circuit.

At the 1874 general election, Buszard stood for Parliament unsuccessfully in Stamford. At the 1880 general election, he was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Stamford and held the seat until 1885.