BUNBURY, HENRY WILLIAM English caricaturist, second son of Sir William Bunbury, 5th baronet, of Mildenhall, Suffolk, was educated at Westminster School and St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge, and soon showed a talent for draw ing, and especially for humorous subjects. His caricatures are as famous as those of his contemporaries Rowlandson and Gillray, good examples being his "Country Club" (1788), "Barber's Shop" (181I) and "A Long Story" (1782) . He was colonel of the West Suffolk Militia, and was appointed equerry to the duke of York in 1787.
His son SIR HENRY EDWARD BUNBURY, Bart. (1778-1860), was a distinguished soldier, and rose to be a lieutenant-general; he was an active member of parliament, a pioneer of the volunteer move ment and the author of several historical works of value, notably Narrative of certain Passages in the late war with France (1852), valuable for the light thrown on internal history just before the Peninsular War. His second son, SIR EDWARD HERBERT BUNBURY (1811-95), also a member of parliament, was well known as a geographer and archaeologist, and author of a History of Ancient Geography (1879) and a Memoir (1868) of his father.