Biography of John Rushout 4th Baronet 1685-1775
Paternal Family Tree: Rushout
In Jun 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 31) created new Baronetcies and Peerages ...
05 Jun 1661 James Clavering 1st Baronet (age 41) was created 1st Baronet Clavering of Axwell in County Durham.
13 Jun 1661 Thomas Adams 1st Baronet (age 75) was created 1st Baronet Adams of London.
14 Jun 1661 Henry Moore 1st Earl Drogheda (age 39) was created 1st Earl Drogheda.
On 17 Jun 1661 ...
Godfrey Copley 1st Baronet (age 38) was created 1st Baronet Copley Sprotborough.
Abraham Cullen 1st Baronet (age 37) was created 1st Baronet Cullen of East Sheen in Surrey.
[his father] James Rushout 1st Baronet (age 17) was created 1st Baronet Rushout of Northwick Park in Worcestershire aged only seveneteen.
William Stanley 1st Baronet (age 33) was created 1st Baronet Stanley of Hooton in Cheshire. Charlotte Molyneux Lady Stanley by marriage Lady Stanley of Hooton in Cheshire.
Griffith Williams 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Williams of Penrhyn in Caernarfonshire.
18 Jun 1661 Thomas Vyner 1st Baronet (age 72) was created 1st Baronet Vyner of London.
18 Jun 1661 Henry Winchcombe 1st Baronet (age 18) was created 1st Baronet Winchcombe of Bucklebury in Berkshire.
26 Jun 1661 Theobald Taaffe 1st Earl Carlingford (age 58) was created 1st Earl Carlingford.
In 1670 [his father] James Rushout 1st Baronet (age 25) and [his mother] Alice Pitt Lady Rushout were married. She by marriage Lady Rushout of Northwick Park in Worcestershire.
On 06 Feb 1685 John Rushout 4th Baronet was born to James Rushout 1st Baronet (age 40) and Alice Pitt Lady Rushout.
On 16 Feb 1698 [his father] James Rushout 1st Baronet (age 53) died. His son [his brother] James Rushout 2nd Baronet (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baronet Rushout of Northwick Park in Worcestershire.
On 21 Sep 1711 James Rushout 3rd Baronet (age 10) died. His uncle John Rushout 4th Baronet (age 26) succeeded 4th Baronet Rushout of Northwick Park in Worcestershire.
In 1713 John Rushout 4th Baronet (age 27) stood for MP Evesham without success at the 1713 General Election.
On 20 Apr 1713 John Rushout 4th Baronet (age 28) was elected MP Malmesbury with the support of Thomas Wharton 1st Marquess Wharton (age 64).
In 1715 Godfrey Kneller (age 68). Portrait of John Rushout 4th Baronet (age 29).
Between 22 Jan 1715 and 09 Mar 1715 the 1715 General Election was held. The election had been caused by George I's (age 54) succession. The Whig party, which supported George I (age 54), won an overwhelming majority.
John Rushout 4th Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Malmesbury.
Leonard Smelt (age 32) was elected MP Northallerton.
Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet (age 30) was elected MP Thirsk.
George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter (age 57) was elected MP Whitchurch.
In 1722 John Rushout 4th Baronet (age 36) was elected MP Malmesbury and MP Evesham in the 1722 General Election. He was unseated on petition at Malmesbury on 13 Dec 1722, and so took his seat at Evesham.
In 1727 John Rushout 4th Baronet (age 41) was elected MP Evesham in the 1727 General Election.
In 1729 John Rushout 4th Baronet (age 43) and Anne Compton Lady Rushout were married. She the daughter of George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton and Jane Fox Countess Northampton.
Around 1730 [his daughter] Elizabeth Rushout was born to John Rushout 4th Baronet (age 44) and [his wife] Anne Compton Lady Rushout.
In 1731 William Pulteney 1st Earl Bath (age 46) published a pamphlet "Sedition and Defamation display'd, with a Dedication to the patrons of The Craftsman". His friend John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey (age 34) replied with "A Proper Reply to a late Scurrilous Libel". A duel was agreed; John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey (age 34) narrowly escaped with his life. John Rushout 4th Baronet (age 45) acted as second for William Pulteney.
On 23 Jul 1738 [his son] John Rushout 1st Baron Northwick was born to John Rushout 4th Baronet (age 53) and [his wife] Anne Compton Lady Rushout.
On 20 Nov 1755 [his brother-in-law] Charles Compton (age 63) died.
In 1761 [his son-in-law] Richard Myddelton (age 35) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Rushout (age 31) were married.
In or before 1767 [his son] John Rushout 1st Baron Northwick (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Rebecca Bowles were married.
In 1772 [his daughter] Elizabeth Rushout (age 42) died.
On 02 Feb 1775 John Rushout 4th Baronet (age 89) died. His son [his son] John Rushout 1st Baron Northwick (age 36) succeeded 5th Baronet Rushout of Northwick Park in Worcestershire.
Charles Compton and Mary Lucy were married. He the son of George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton and Jane Fox Countess Northampton.
GrandFather: John Rushout of St Dionis Backchurch in London
Father: James Rushout 1st Baronet
GrandFather: Edmund Pitt of Sudbury Court in Harrow in Middlesex
Mother: Alice Pitt Lady Rushout