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The Borrowes Baronetcy of Grangemellon in the County of Kildare, was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 14 February 1646 for Erasmus Borrowes, High Sheriff of Kildare in 1641. Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet was twice High Sheriff of Kildare and a member of the Irish Parliament for Kildare County. His son Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Baronet represented Harristown and Athy in the Irish Parliament. The latter's son Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Baronet represented Kildare County and was High Sheriff of Kildare in 1751. Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 9th Baronet was High Sheriff of Kildare in 1873 and High Sheriff of Queen's County in 1880. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the 11th baronet in 1939.

Borrowes baronets of Grangemellon (1646)

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