Hans Busk

Who was Hans Busk?

Hans Busk the elder was a Welsh poet, who published poems during the period 1814–34.

His poems included titles such as "The Banquet", "The Dessert" and "The Vestriad". Although obscure today, they did receive some attention at the time, for instance "The Banquet" and "The Vestriad" were reviewed in the Literary Gazette, the latter on the front page.

Hans Busk lived at Glenalder Hall, Nantmel, Radnorshire, Wales, and was a justice of the peace. He served as High Sheriff of Radnorshire in 1837. He later lived at Culverden Grove, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

He died in 1862 at Great Cumberland Place, near Hyde Park in London.