Background
Rushworth was the oldest son of Royal Navy Captain John Rushworth of Portsea in Hampshire.
Rushworth was the oldest son of Royal Navy Captain John Rushworth of Portsea in Hampshire.
Winchester College; Trinity College.
Educated at Winchester College and at Trinity College, Oxford, he became a deacon at Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. His father-in-law was the patron of both the parliamentary boroughs on the island. He was Member of Parliament for Yarmouth from 1781 to 1781, for Newport from 1784 to 1790, for Yarmouth in 1790, and for Yarmouth again from 1796 to 1797.
He appears to have held the seats only as a place-holder, and did not take part in any parliamentary proceedings.
15th Parliament of Great Britain. 16th Parliament of Great Britain. 17th Parliament of Great Britain.
18th Parliament of Great Britain]
He was a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the two boroughs on the Isle of Wight for several periods between 1780 and 1797.