Baron Northwick, of Northwick Park in the County of Worcester, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain

Peerage of Great Britain

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. It was created in the 1797 for Sir John Rushout, 5th Baronet

John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick

Sir John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick was a British politician and Member of Parliament for Evesham....

, for many years Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Evesham

Evesham (UK Parliament constituency)

Evesham was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire which was represented in the British House of Commons. Originally a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Evesham, it was first represented in 1295...

. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was a noted collector of art. He was succeeded by his nephew, the third Baron. He was the son of Reverend the Honourable George Rushout-Bowles (who had assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Bowles in 1817, which was that of his maternal grandfather Humphrey Bowles), younger son of the first Baron. He represented Evesham and Worcestershire East

East Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Worcestershire was a county constituency in the county of Worcestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

 in Parliament. Lord Northwick had no surviving children and the titles became extinct on his death in 1887.

The Baronetcy, of Milnst in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of England in 1661 for the 17-year-old James Rushout

Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet

Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet was an English Member of Parliament and baronet.Sir James was made a Baronet at the young age of 17 in 1661 , and later served as Member of Parliament for Evesham and Worcestershire in the Parliament of England.He had several children,...

, subsequently Member of Parliament for Evesham and Worcestershire

Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Worcestershire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented until 1832 by two Members of Parliament, traditionally referred...

. He was the son of John Rushout, a Flemish merchant of London

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 and Northwick, Worcestershire. Sir James's eldest son, the second Baronet, also represented Evesham in Parliament. This line of the family failed on the early death of the latter's son, the third Baronet, in 1711. The late Baronet was succeeded by his uncle, the fourth Baronet, the fourth son of the first Baronet. He was a politician and served as Treasurer of the Navy

Treasurer of the Navy

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 between 1743 and 1744. From 1762 to 1768 he was Father of the House of Commons. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned fifth Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1797.

The Honourable Harriet, daughter of the first Baron, married Sir Charles Cockerell, 1st Baronet. Their son Sir Charles Rushout Cockerell, 2nd Baronet, assumed the surname of Rushout in lieu of his patronymic (see Rushout Baronets

Rushout Baronets

There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Rushout, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct....

).

Rushout Baronet of Milnst, Essex (1661)

• Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet
  Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet
  Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet was an English Member of Parliament and baronet.Sir James was made a Baronet at the young age of 17 in 1661 , and later served as Member of Parliament for Evesham and Worcestershire in the Parliament of England.He had several children,...
  
   (1644–1698)
• Sir James Rushout, 2nd Baronet (1676–1705)
• Sir James Rushout, 3rd Baronet (1701–1711)
• Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet
  Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet
  Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet was a British politician and long-serving Member of Parliament, eventually serving as Father of the House....
  
   (1685–1775)
• Sir John Rushout, 5th Baronet (created Baron Northwick in 1797)

Baron Northwick (1797)

• John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick
  John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick
  Sir John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick was a British politician and Member of Parliament for Evesham....
  
   (1738–1800)
• John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick
  John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick
  John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick was an English peer, landowner and collector of art works.Rushout was the son of John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick and his wife Rebecca Bowles. He was educated at a school at Hackney rather than Eton like his father and did not go to an English university....
  
   (1770–1859)
• George Rushout, 3rd Baron Northwick
  George Rushout, 3rd Baron Northwick
  George Rushout, 3rd Baron Northwick , was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Northwick was the son of Reverend the Hon. George Rushout-Bowles, younger son of John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick...
  
  (1811–1887)