Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet
Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet (21 August 1619 – 8 August 1672)[1] was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1644. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.
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[edit] Background
Borlase was born at Littlecote House, Wiltshire, the son of Sir William Borlase and his wife Amy Popham, daughter of Sir Francis Popham.[2] He was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, where he was matriculated on 30 April 1635. He was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in the following year.[3]
[edit] Career
In April 1640, Borlase was elected Member of Parliament for Great Marlow in the Short Parliament.[4] His re-election as MP for Marlow to the Long Parliament in November 1640 was declared void after a dispute. Instead Borlase was returned as MP for Corfe Castle in 1641.[4] On 4 May 1642, he was created Baronet of Bockmer, in the County of Buckingham.[5] He was disabled from sitting for his Royalist tendencies in 1644.[4] In 1645, he was imprisoned by order of Oliver Cromwell, but released for a fine of 2400 £ a year later.[6]
After the Restoration, Borlase represented Wycombe in the Cavalier Parliament from 1661 until his death in 1672.[7]
Borlase died, aged 52 in Bockmer in Buckinghamshire and was buried in Little Marlow four days later.[2]
[edit] Family
Borlase married Alice Bancks, daughter of Sir John Bancks, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, at St Giles in the Fields, London on 4 December 1637.[2] They had seven children, six daughters and one son.[2] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son John.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB4.htm. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- ^ a b c d "ThePeerage - Sir John Borlase, 1st Bt". http://www.thepeerage.com/p17451.htm#i174503. Retrieved 11 February 2007.
- ^ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Bludworth-Brakell', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 142-170. Date accessed: 16 May 2011
- ^ a b c D. Brunton; D. H. Pennington (1954). Members of the Long Parliament. London: George Allen & Unwin.
- ^ Courthope, William (1835). Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England. London: G. Woodfall. pp. 27.
- ^ David A. Schoonover, ed (1998). Ladie Borlase's receiptes booke. University of Iowa Press. pp. 8. ISBN 0877456364.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Wycombe". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons5.htm. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- ^ Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke. ed. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. pp. 75.
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Parliament suspended since 1629 |
Member of Parliament for Great Marlow 1640 With: Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet Gabriel Hippersley |
Succeeded by Bulstrode Whitelocke Peregrine Hoby |
| Preceded by Sir Francis Windebank Giles Green |
Member of Parliament for Corfe Castle 1640-1644 With: Giles Green |
Succeeded by Giles Green Francis Chettel |
| Preceded by Edmund Petty Richard Browne |
Member of Parliament for Wycombe 1661 – 1672 With: Sir Edmund Pye, Bt |
Succeeded by Sir John Borlase, Bt Sir Edmund Pye, Bt |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Bockmer) 1642 – 1672 |
Succeeded by John Borlase |
