PASTON, Hon. Robert (c.1657-1705), of Oxnead, Norf.

b. c. 1657, 2nd s. of Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth, and bro. of Hon. William Paston. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1672-4; travelled abroad (France, Holland) 1674-7. m. (1) Hester, da. of Sir William Mainwaring of Chester, wid. of Sir Thomas Grobham Howe of Kempley, Glos., s.p.; (2) lic. 10 Dec. 1689, ‘aged 26’, Anne, da. and coh. of Philip Harbord of Besthorpe, Norf., s.p.Norf. Arch. iv. 51; Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 293; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1026.