Paternal Family Tree: Rushout
On 22nd March 1644 James Rushout 1st Baronet was born to John Rushout of St Dionis Backchurch in London.
In June 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 31] created new Baronetcies and Peerages...
5th June 1661 James Clavering 1st Baronet [aged 41] was created 1st Baronet Clavering of Axwell in County Durham.
13th June 1661 Thomas Adams 1st Baronet [aged 75] was created 1st Baronet Adams of London.
14th June 1661 Henry Moore 1st Earl Drogheda [aged 39] was created 1st Earl Drogheda.
On 17th June 1661...
Godfrey Copley 1st Baronet [aged 38] was created 1st Baronet Copley Sprotborough.
Abraham Cullen 1st Baronet [aged 37] was created 1st Baronet Cullen of East Sheen in Surrey.
James Rushout 1st Baronet [aged 17] was created 1st Baronet Rushout of Northwick Park in Worcestershire aged only seveneteen.
William Stanley 1st Baronet [aged 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.
18th June 1661 Thomas Vyner 1st Baronet [aged 72] was created 1st Baronet Vyner of London.
18th June 1661 Henry Winchcombe 1st Baronet [aged 18] was created 1st Baronet Winchcombe of Bucklebury in Berkshire.
26th June 1661 Theobald Taaffe 1st Earl Carlingford [aged 58] was created 1st Earl Carlingford.
In 1670 James Rushout 1st Baronet [aged 25] and Alice Pitt Lady Rushout were married. She by marriage Lady Rushout of Northwick Park in Worcestershire.
On 22nd February 1670 James Rushout 1st Baronet [aged 25] was elected MP Evesham in a by-election.
In 1676 [his son] James Rushout 2nd Baronet was born to James Rushout 1st Baronet [aged 31] and [his wife] Alice Pitt Lady Rushout. He married 17th February 1700 Arabella Vernon and had issue.
In 1683 James Rushout 1st Baronet [aged 38] bought Northwick Park Blockley, Gloucestershire.
On 6th February 1685 [his son] John Rushout 4th Baronet was born to James Rushout 1st Baronet [aged 40] and [his wife] Alice Pitt Lady Rushout. He married 1729 Anne Compton Lady Rushout, daughter of George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton and Jane Fox Countess Northampton, and had issue.
In 1689 James Rushout 1st Baronet [aged 44] was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1690 James Rushout 1st Baronet [aged 45] was elected MP Evesham.
After 20th January 1690 [his son-in-law] Samuel Pytts [aged 16] and [his daughter] Catherine Rushout were married.
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On 14th October 1694 [his son-in-law] Edwin Sandes [aged 35] and [his daughter] Alice Rushout were married.
On 16th February 1698 James Rushout 1st Baronet [aged 53] died. His son James [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Baronet Rushout of Northwick Park in Worcestershire.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Rushout Countess Northampton was born to James Rushout 1st Baronet and Alice Pitt Lady Rushout. She married (1) 1713 George Thorold 1st Baronet (2) 3rd July 1726 George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton, son of James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton and Mary Noel Countess Northampton.
[his daughter] Catherine Rushout was born to James Rushout 1st Baronet and Alice Pitt Lady Rushout. She married after 20th January 1690 Samuel Pytts.
[his daughter] Alice Rushout was born to James Rushout 1st Baronet and Alice Pitt Lady Rushout. She married 14th October 1694 Edwin Sandes and had issue.