ROBARTES, Hon. Francis (1650-1718), of Truro, Cornw. and Twickenham, Mdx.

bap. 6 Jan. 1650, 6th s. of John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor, by his 2nd w. Letitia Isabella, da. of Sir John Smythe of Sutton-at-Hone, Kent, half-bro. of Hon. Robert† and Hon. Hender Robartes†. educ. Chelsea sch.; Christ’s, Camb. 1663. m. (1) lic. 13 July 1678, Penelope, da. of Sir Courtenay Pole, 2nd Bt.†, of Shute, Devon, sis. of John Pole*, s.p.; (2) bef. 1686, Lady Anne (d. 1715), da. of Wentworth Fitzgerald†, 17th Earl of Kildare [I], sis. of John Fitzgerald* 18th Earl of Kildare [I], wid. of William Boscawen†, of Tregothnan, Cornw., 2s. Boase and Courtney, Bibliotheca Cornubiensis; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1138; Boyer, Pol. State, ix. 435.