Background
Furnese was the son of Sir Henry Furnese, 1st Baronet, of Gunnersbury House, and his first wife Anne Brough, daughter of Robert Brough.
Furnese was the son of Sir Henry Furnese, 1st Baronet, of Gunnersbury House, and his first wife Anne Brough, daughter of Robert Brough.
He was educated at Eton College, and spent some time in Germany as a young manitoba
He held the seat until the British general election, 1710, when he was elected Whig Member of Parliament for New Romney. He held the seat over four parliaments until 1727. He inherited the baronetcy and a large estate on the death of his father on 30 November 1712.
Politically, he was a supporter of Robert Walpole.
In the British general election, 1727, he was elected Member of Parliament for Kent and held the seat through that parliament until his death aged 45 in 1733. Furnese was married three times.
John Street John, son of Henry Street John, 1st Viscount Street John. Anne, Lady Furnese, died on 29 May 1713 aged 25.
Arabella died on 5 September 1727.
They had one other daughter who predeceased her father. According to a contemporary, he died "by his own fault, for he had one of those colds hanging on him and he drank so hard that he was not sober for ten days before he was taken ill". He was buried at Waldershare on 14 March.
His widow survived him by 46 years, dying in Dover Street, London, on 25 February 1779 aged 70.
She was buried in Grosvenor Chapel, Westminster. The estate was shared, as co-heirs, by Sir Robert"s three surviving daughters: Anne, Catherine (Countess of Rockingham) and Selina.
The title became extinct.
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On 16 December 1708, shortly after his return from the Continent, Furnese was elected Member of Parliament for Truro in a by-election.