Henry Furnese [SEP] occupation
Henry Furnese
Henry Furnese (after 1688 – 30 August 1756), of Gunnersbury House, Middlesex, was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1720 and 1756.
Furnese was the only son of George Furnese, an East India Company factor. He was apprenticed to Moses Berenger, a London merchant, and became a member of the Lisbon factory. Some time after September 1709, he succeeded to the estates of his father who died insane.
Furnese was returned unopposed as Member of
Furnese baronets
The Furnese baronetcy, of Waldershare in the County of Kent, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 27 June 1707 for Henry Furnese, a financier and Member of Parliament for Bramber and Sandwich. The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for Truro, New Romney and Kent. The title became extinct on the early death of the third Baronet in March 1735.
Furnese baronets, of Waldershare (1707).
- Sir Henry Furnese, 1st Baronet ( – 1712)