MAXWELL, Robert (c.1720-1779), of Farnham, co. Cavan.

b. c. 1720, 1st s. of John Maxwell (cr. Baron Farnham [I] 1756) by Judith, da. and h. of James Barry of Newtown Barry, co. Wexford. educ. Trinity, Dublin 1738. m. (1) 11 Oct. 1759, Henrietta (d. 30 Aug. 1761), da. and h. of Philip Cantilion, a Paris banker, wid. of William Matthias Stafford Howard, 3rd Earl of Stafford, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) 1 Dec. 1771, Sarah, da. of Pole Cosby of Stradbally, Queen’s Co., wid. of Arthur Upton, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Baron 6 Aug. 1759; cr. Visct. Farnham [I] 10 Sept. 1760; Earl of Farnham [I] 13 May 1763.