William Borlase (died 1665)

William Borlase (15 October 1620 – October 1665) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1665.

Borlase was the son of Sir William Borlase of Marlow who was MP for Wycombe. He matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 30 April 1635, aged 14 and was a student at Inner Temple in 1637.[1]

In 1659, Borlase was elected Member of Parliament for Great Marlow in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[2] He was re- elected MP for Great Marlow in the Convention Parliament and again in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament.[2] He sat until his death in 1665 at the age of 45. He was buried on 1 November 1665.[1]

Borlase married Joanna Bankes, daughter of Sir John Bankes. They had a son and four daughters. His son John was MP for Marlow in 1679. His daughter Henrietta married firstly Sir Richard Astley, 1st Baronet and secondly in 1690, John Richmond Webb. His daughter Anne married Thomas Wingfield, High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1692 and his daughter Alicia, married John Wallop of Farleigh Wallop and had issue, including John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth.

References

  1. 1 2 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Bludworth-Brakell', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 142-170. Date accessed: 25 October 2011
  2. 1 2 History of Parliament Online - Borlase, William
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Not represented in Second Protectorate Parliament		 Member of Parliament for Great Marlow
1659
With: Peregrine Hoby		 Succeeded by
Bulstrode Whitelocke
Preceded by
Bulstrode Whitelocke		 Member of Parliament for Great Marlow
1660-1665
With: Peregrine Hoby		 Succeeded by
Peregrine Hoby
Charles Cheyne
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