Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet (22 March 1644 – 16 February 1698), of

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, Worcestershire, was an

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landowner and politician who sat in the

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between 1670 and 1698. Rushout was the fifth but only surviving son of John Rushout, Fishmonger, of

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, London and Maylords and his first wife, Anne Godschalk, daughter of Joas Godschalk, merchant, of Fenchurch Street, London. He succeeded his father in 1653. He matriculated at

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in 1660 and was awarded MA in 1661. He was created a Baronet at the young age of 17 on 17 June 1661. Rusout was returned as

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for

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at a by-election on 22 February 1670 and sat until 1685. He bought

in 1683 and carried out extensive remodelling of the mansion house in 1686. At the

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he was returned as MP for

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. He returned to Evesham at the

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. In April 1697, he was nominated by the king to be ambassador at Constantinople, but died before he could take up the appointment. Rushout died on 16 February 1698, aged 53.

Family

In 1670, he married Alice Palmer, widow of Edward Palmer of the Middle Temple and daughter of Edmund Pitt of Sudbury Court, Harrow, Middlesex. They had five sons and four daughters: * William Rushout * Alice Rushout, married Edwin Sandys * Catherine Rushout, married

Samuel Pytts Samuel Pytts ( – 15 January 1729) was an English politician, MP for Hereford and Worcestershire. Pytts was the son of James Pytts of Wick, Worcestershire and his wife Catherine Cliffe of Malvern. He matriculated at New College, Oxford in 1689 ...

* Sir James Rushout * William Rushout * Jane Rushout * Elizabeth Rushout, married firstly Sir George Thorold , secondly

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* Sir John Rushout * George Rushout 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.

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