Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet (22 March 1644 – 16 February 1698), of Northwick Park, Worcestershire, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1670 and 1698.
Rushout was the fifth but only surviving son of John Rushout, Fishmonger, of St Dionis Backchurch, London and Maylords and his first wife, Anne Godschalk, daughter of Joas Godschalk, merchant, of Fenchurch Street, London.
Rusout was returned as Member of Parliament for Evesham at a by-election on 22 February 1670 and sat until 1685.
He bought Northwick Park in 1683 and carried out extensive remodelling of the mansion house in 1686.
[5] In April 1697, he was nominated by the king to be ambassador at Constantinople, but died before he could take up the appointment.