Career
He was appointed Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas from 1725 until his death. The latter year he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Farnham, of Farnham in the County of Cavan. Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham, 2nd Baron Farnham (born circa 1720 – died 16 November 1779).
(Earldom extinct, 1779)
Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham, 3rd Baron Farnham (died 7 October 1800).
(Earldom restored, 1785)
Rt. Review Henry Maxwell (died 7 October 1798) was Bishop of Dromore (1765–1766) and Bishop of Meath (1766–1798).
Their two sons, John and Henry, eventually succeeded as the 5th and 6th Baron Farnham. In 1760 Robert was created Viscount Farnham and three years later created Earl of Farnham.