Background
He was the son of Amyas Bushe of Dublin and his wife Elizabeth Parker.
He was the son of Amyas Bushe of Dublin and his wife Elizabeth Parker.
He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford (where he matriculated in 1763) and at Dublin University (where he graduated Bachelor, Bachelor of Laws and Doctor of Laws).
He became a lawyer and lived at Kilfane in County Kilkenny. He served as an Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland for Granard from 1767 to 1776, for Kilkenny City from 1778 to 1783, for Fore from 1783 to 1790 and for Lanesborough from 1790 to 1793. He was appointed High Sheriff of County Kilkenny for 1768-1769.
In a paper presented to the Academy in 1789 he calculated the population of Ireland as approximately 4 million.
He died in August 1793 at Kilfane. They had 10 children.
He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy.