Part 4.
Continued from my previous post.
The Marble bust of Sir John Rushout (1685 - 1775).
St Peter and St Paul, Parish Church of Blockley,
Gloucestershire.
The sitter was the son of Sir James Rushout, 1st Bt., of Milnst-Maylards, Essex, and succeeded his nephew Sir James Rushout, in 1711.
He was Member of Parliament for Malmesbury (elected 1713 and again in 1715), then for Malmesbury and Evesham (elected in 1722), and continued to represent Evesham, having been unseated in Malmesbury, until he retired from parliament in 1768.
In the House of Commons he spoke frequently against the measures of Sir Robert Walpole and was one of the committee put together to investigate Walpole's conduct in 1742.
He held the lucrative office of Treasurer to the Navy in 1743 and was appointed a member of the Privy Council in the following year.
He married Lady Anne, Daughter of George Compton, 4th Earl of
Northampton, and was succeeded by his only son John, of Northwick Park,
Worcestershire, who was created 1st Baron Northwick.
signed and dated 'GK[in a monogram]neller. f/1716' (lower
right).
Provenance -
The sitter;
The sitter's son Sir John Rushout 5th Bt created Lord
Northwick (1738 - 1800),
Northwick Park, Gloucestershire;
By inheritance to Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill MC,
Northwick Park;
His sale Christie's, June 25 1965. Lot 56 (140 gns).
Literature.
A Catalogue of the Pictures, Works of Art etc. at Northwick
Park 1864 reprinted 1908 no.284
Tancred Borenius A Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures
at Northwick Park 1921 no.335
J. Douglas Stewart Sir Godfrey Knellerand the English
Baroque Portrait Oxford 1983/>.127 cat.
no. 628
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