Among these was Philip Carteret Webb, FRS, born 1700, solicitor to the Treasury 1756–65, M.P. for Haslemere 1754–67.
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and Philip Carteret Webb and Chauncy Hare Townshend, the government lawyer/antiquarian and poet respectively owned its main estate, Busbridge House, the Busbridge Lakes element of which is a private landscape garden and woodland that hosts a wide range of waterfowl.
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Chauncy Hare Townshend, poet, was born at the house in 1798, his father having bought it two years earlier.
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In 1911 less widely influential owner Mr. P. Graham owned it, however notably replaced it between 1906 and 1911 with a new house in the Edwardian (early 20th century) style.
McLaren died on 30 August 1917, following a flying accident during training at RAF Montrose and is buried in Busbridge churchyard, Surrey.
Busbridge Church, formerly known as St John the Baptist Church, is an evangelical Anglican Church in Busbridge, Godalming, United Kingdom.
In 1946, Macleod F.C formed from humble beginnings Mr Harold Busbridge, who was the station master at the Macleod railway station, approached some local identities with the view to forming a football club in the local area.