Commons 1715-1754

bap. 19 Dec. 1695,Westminster Abbey Reg. 384. 1st s. of Rev. Joseph Gascoigne, vicar of Enfield, by Anne, da. and h. of Francis Theobald of Barking, Suff. by Anne, sis. of Sir Thomas Nightingale, 2nd Bt., of Newport Pond, Essex. educ. Enfield; Trinity, Camb. 1712. m. 24 June 1725, Lady Elizabeth Shirley, da. and coh. of Washington, 2nd Earl Ferrers, 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 1721; yr. bro. Robert to estates of Sir Robert Nightingale, 4th Bt., 1722 and assumed add. name of Nightingale.

b. aft. 1688,PCC 234 Barnes. 1st s. of George Furnese, an E. I. Co. factor, and 1st cos. of Sir Robert Furnese. unm. , 1da. suc. fa. aft. Sept. 1709, and to personal estate of cos. Sir Henry Furnese, 3rd Bt. 1735.

b. ?1709, s. of Robert Fydell of London, brewer. educ. Charterhouse; Trinity, Camb. 9 July 1726, aged 16; M. Temple 1727. m. Jan. 1739, Elizabeth Hall, 3s. 3da.

b. 1 Aug. 1687, o.s. of Sir Henry Furnese, 1st Bt., M.P., by his 1st w. Anne, da. of Robert Brough of St. Lawrence Jewry, London, linen draper. educ. Eton c.1697. m. (1) c.1708, Anne (d. 29 May 1713), da. of Anthony Balam by his stepmother Matilda, da. of Sir Thomas Vernon of London, merchant, 1da.; (2) 8 July 1714, Lady Arabella Watson (d. 5 Sept. 1727), da. of Lewis Watson, M.P., 1st Earl of Rockingham, sis. of Edward, Visct. Sondes, 1s. 1da.; (3) 15 May 1729, Lady Anne Shirley, da. of Robert, 1st Earl Ferrers, 2da. suc. fa. 30 Nov. 1712.

b. c. 1695, 1st s. of Joseph Gage of Sherborne Castle, Oxon. by Elizabeth, da. and eventually h. of Sir George Penruddock of Hale, Hants. m. (1) settlement 3 Oct. 1713, Benedicta Maria Teresa (d. 25 July 1749), da. and h. of Henry Benedict Hall of High Meadow, Glos., 2s. 1da.; (2) 26 Dec. 1750, Jane, da. of one Godfrey, wid. of Henry Jermyn Bond of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff., s.p. cr. Baron Gage of Castlebar and Visct. Gage of Castle Island [I] 14 Sept. 1720. suc. fa.-in-law to High Meadow, Dec. 1714; Sir Francis Fortescue, 4th Bt., to ‘near £20,000’, 9 Nov. 1729;Glos. N. & Q. ii. 651. his cos. Sir William Gage, 7th Bt., to baronetcy and Firle, Suss. 23 Apr. 1744.