James Rushout

Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet (22 March 1644 – 16 February 1698), of Northwick Park, Gloucestershire (formerly part of 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.{{Citation| editor-last=Cokayne| editor-first=George Edward |year=1903 | title= Complete Baronetage volume 3 (1649-1664) | url= https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524390/page/n229 | volume=3| location=Exeter | publisher=William Pollard and Co| access-date = 9 October 2018}}

He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1660 and was awarded MA in 1661.{{cite web |url = https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1277-1295 |title= Rokebye-Ryves in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 pp. 1277–1295 | author= Foster, Joseph |publisher= British History Online| access-date = 7 September 2019 }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/rushout-sir-james-1644-98|title=RUSHOUT, Sir James, 1st Bt. (1644-98), of Maylords, Havering atte Bower, Essex and Northwick Park, Blockley, Worcs.|publisher=History of Parliament Online (1660-1690)|access-date= 6 February 2018}} He returned to Evesham at the 1690 English general election.{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/rushout-sir-james-1644-98 | title= RUSHOUT, Sir James, 1st Bt. (1644-98), of Northwick Park, Worcs.| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1690-1715)| access-date = 7 September 2019 }} In 1697 he was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Worcestershire Militia.[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/bat_worcs_militia.php Capt Robert Holden, Historical Records of the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Worcestershire Regiment, London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, 1887], p. 15. In April 1697, he was nominated by the king to be ambassador at Constantinople, but died before he could take up the appointment.

Personal life

In 1670, he married Alice Palmer, widow of Edward Palmer {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}} of the Middle Temple and daughter of Edmund Pitt of Sudbury Court, Harrow, Middlesex. Together, they had five sons and four daughters:{{cite book|last=Wotton|first=Thomas|year=1741|title=The English Baronetage|volume=3|issue=1|pages=305–306|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2UzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA305|access-date=4 February 2020}}

William Rushout
Alice Rushout, who married Edwin Sandys {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}}
Catherine Rushout, who married Samuel Pytts {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}}
Sir James Rushout {{post-nominals|country=GBR|Bt|MP}}, who married Arabella Vernon, daughter of Sir Thomas Vernon.
William Rushout
Jane Rushout
Elizabeth Rushout, who married firstly Sir George Thorold {{post-nominals|country=GBR|Bt}}, secondly George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton
Sir John Rushout {{post-nominals|country=GBR|Bt|MP}}
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.