FURNESE, Robert (1687-1733), of Waldershare, Kent, and Dover Street, Westminster

b. 1 Aug. 1687, o. s. of Sir Henry Furnese* (1st Bt.) by 1st w. Anne. educ. Eton, c.1697; travelled abroad (Germany, Austria) 1705. m. (1) lic. 1 Oct. 1708, his stepsister Anne (d. 1713), da. of Anthony Balam, 1da.; (2) 8 July 1714, Arabella (d. 1727), da. of Hon. Lewis Watson†, 3rd Baron (later 1st Earl of) Rockingham, sis. of Hon. Edward Watson*, 1s. 1da.; (3) 15 May 1729, Lady Anne Shirley (d. 1779), da. of Robert, 1st Earl Ferrers, 2da. (1 d.v.p.); suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. 30 Nov. 1712. W. Boys, Hist. Sandwich, 486; Eton Reg. ed. Sterry, 133; HMC Hare, 204; Canterbury Mar. Lic. v. 182; P. Parsons, Monuments and Painted Glass in E. Kent, 402–3.