George Rushout, 3rd Baron Northwick (30 August 1811 – 11 November 1887), was a British

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politician.

Background

Northwick was the son of George Rushout-Bowles, younger son of

John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick (23 July 1738 – 20 October 1800) was a British politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Evesham (UK Parliament constituency), Evesham. Rushout was the son of Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet and Lady Anne Comp ...

. His mother was Lady Caroline, daughter of

John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, (13 March 1736 – 13 November 1806), styled Viscount Garlies from 1747 until 1773, was a British peer who became the 7th Earl of Galloway in 1773 and served as a Member of Parliament from 1761 to 1773. Ear ...

. He was born at

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where his father was then parish Rector. He was educated at

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...

and entered

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in 1829, graduating as BA in 1833 and MA in 1836.

Political career

Rushout was returned to Parliament for

Evesham Evesham () is a market town and Civil parishes in England, parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of England. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, England, Worceste ...

in 1837. In May 1838 he fought a

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with

Peter Borthwick Peter Borthwick (13 September 1804 – 18 December 1852) was a British Conservative politician and newspaper editor. He served as a member of the British Parliament for Evesham from 1835 to 1837, then again from 1841 to 1847. Early life Pet ...

, who had been elected alongside Northwick in 1837 but had been unseated on petition in March 1838, over the election results. He continued to represent Evesham until 1841, and later sat as Member of Parliament for Worcestershire East between 1847 and 1859. The latter year he succeeded his uncle in the barony and to

Northwick Park, Gloucestershire Northwick Park is a residential estate and business centre near Blockley in Gloucestershire, England. The estate is built in the grounds of the former family seat of the Rushout family, the Barons Northwick. The Northwick Park mansion, now div ...

and entered the

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Military career and other interests

Rushout was commissioned cornet in the

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in 1833, was promoted lieutenant in 1837 and major in 1842, retiring from the army in the latter year. Lord Northwick was in later life governor of Harrow School and

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Family

Lord Northwick married Elizabeth Augusta, daughter of

William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman of Shobdon (24 June 1780 – 22 July 1845) was a Member of Parliament and later a Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. At birth his name was William Hanbury, although he was a distant descendan ...

and widow of

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, in 1869. There were no surviving children from the marriage, an only child, a daughter Caroline, dying aged eight in 1878. On 23 January 1886 the couple, then married sixteen years, were awarded the prize of the

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, "receiving it privately and without the customary forms". Lord Northwick died at the Queen's Hotel,

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, Surrey in November 1887, aged 76, when his titles became extinct. Lady Northwick died in May 1912, aged 80.

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