Sir John Rouse was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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  in 1626.

Rouse was the son of Edward Rouse of Rouse Lench. He was knighted in July 1606. In 1611 he inherited the estates of his father. He was High Sheriff of Worcestershire

High Sheriff of Worcestershire

This is a list of Sheriff and since 1998 High Sheriffs of Worcestershire.The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been...

 in 1611. In 1620 he became a J.P.

Justice of the Peace

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. In 1626, he was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for 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 HIgh Sheriff of Worcestershire again in 1637 and was appointed commissioner to compensate the riparian owners of the Avon on 9 March 1637.

Rouse married Ether Temple daughter of Sir Thomas Temple of Warwickshire. His son Thomas

Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1660....

 became a baronet

Rouse Baronets

The Baronetcy of Rouse of Rouse Lench was created in the Baronetage of England on 23 July 1641 for Thomas Rouse of Rouse Lench Court, Rouse Lench, Worcestershire.On the death of the 4th Baronet in 1721 the Baronetcy was extinct...

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