James Rushout

Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet (22 March 1644 – 16 February 1698), of Northwick Park, Worcestershire, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1670 and 1698.

Early life

Rushout was the fifth but only surviving son of John Rushout, Fishmonger, of St Dionis Backchurch, London and Maylords and his first wife, Anne Godschalk, daughter of Joas Godschalk, merchant, of Fenchurch Street, London. He succeeded his father in 1653.^[1]

He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1660 and was awarded MA in 1661.^[2] He was created a Baronet at the young age of 17 on 17 June 1661.

Career

Rusout was returned as Member of Parliament for Evesham at a by-election on 22 February 1670 and sat until 1685. He bought Northwick Park in 1683 and carried out extensive remodelling of the mansion house in 1686. At the 1689 English general election he was returned as MP for Worcestershire.^[3] He returned to Evesham at the 1690 English general election.^[4] In 1697 he was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Worcestershire Militia.^[5] In April 1697, he was nominated by the king to be ambassador at Constantinople, but died before he could take up the appointment.^[4]

Personal life

In 1670, he married Alice Palmer, widow of Edward Palmer MP of the Middle Temple and daughter of Edmund Pitt of Sudbury Court, Harrow, Middlesex.^[1] Together, they had five sons and four daughters:^[6]

William Rushout
Alice Rushout, who married Edwin Sandys
Catherine Rushout, who married Samuel Pytts
Sir James Rushout , who married Arabella Vernon, daughter of Sir Thomas Vernon.
William Rushout
Jane Rushout
Elizabeth Rushout, who married firstly Sir George Thorold , secondly George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton
Sir John Rushout
George Rushout

Rushout died on 16 February 1698, aged 53. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son James, and subsequently by his fourth son John, both of whom in turn inherited Northwick Park.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1903), Complete Baronetage volume 3 (1649-1664), vol. 3, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 9 October 2018
^ Foster, Joseph. "Rokebye-Ryves in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 pp. 1277–1295". British History Online. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
^ "RUSHOUT, Sir James, 1st Bt. (1644-98), of Maylords, Havering atte Bower, Essex and Northwick Park, Blockley, Worcs". History of Parliament Online (1660-1690). Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "RUSHOUT, Sir James, 1st Bt. (1644-98), of Northwick Park, Worcs". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 7 September 2019.
^ Capt Robert Holden, Historical Records of the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Worcestershire Regiment, London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, 1887, p. 15.
^ Wotton, Thomas (1741). The English Baronetage. Vol. 3. pp. 305–306. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

Parliament of England
Preceded by William Sandys Sir John Hanmer	Member of Parliament for Evesham 1670–1685 With: Sir John Hanmer to 1679 Henry Parker 1679–1681 Edward Rudge 1681–1685	Succeeded by Henry Parker John Matthewes
Preceded by Sir John Pakington, Bt James Pytts	Member of Parliament for Worcestershire 1689–1690 With: Thomas Foley	Succeeded by Sir John Pakington, Bt Thomas Foley
Preceded by Henry Parker John Matthewes	Member of Parliament for Evesham 1690–1698 With: Edward Rudge to 1695 Henry Parker from 1695	Succeeded by John Rudge Henry Parker
Baronetage of England
New creation	Baronet of Milnst, Essex 1661–1698	Succeeded by James Rushout