William Borlase (died 1629)

Sir William Borlase (1566 – 4 September 1629) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1604 and 1614.

Borlase was the son of John Borlase of Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire.[1] He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, on 17 November 1581.[2] He was a student of Gray's Inn in 1584, described as being of Little Marlow (in Buckinghamshire). By 1588 he was married to Mary Backhouse, sister of his brother-in-law Samuel Backhouse.[1][3]

He succeeded to his father's estate in 1593 and subsequently became a Justice of the Peace for Buckinghamshire.[1] He was probably the William Borlase who served as a Captain of the Buckinghamshire Trained Bands when they were called out during an invasion scare in 1599.[4]

In 1601-2 he served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.[1] He was among the local gentry knighted on 28 June 1603, during the visit of James I and Anne of Denmark to John Fortescue of Salden.[5]

In the parliament of 1604-10 he sat as Member of Parliament for Aylesbury through the patronage of John Pakington (died 1625). He was comparatively active, although his only recorded speeches were on the subject of Purveyance.[1] He sat for Buckinghamshire in 1614, but appears to have been less active.[1]

In 1624 he founded Sir William Borlase's Grammar School on its present site[6] in memory of his son Henry Borlase, MP for Marlow, who died in that year.[7]

Borlase died in September 1629 and was buried at Little Marlow.[1] He was the father of Henry Borlase and William Borlase.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "BORLASE (BURLACY), Sir William (1566-1629), of Bockmer and Little Marlow, Bucks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714:Bludworth-Brakell". British History Online. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  3. ^ Lipscomb, George (1847). The history and antiquities of the county of Buckingham. Vol. 1. pp. 309–10.
  4. ^ Ian F.W. Beckett, Buckinghamshire: A Military History, Chapter 1, at Buckinghamshire Military Museum Trust.
  5. ^ Shaw, William Arthur (1906). The Knights of England. p. 111.
  6. ^ "Marlow Town Highlights". Marlow Society. Archived from the original on 12 January 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2006.
  7. ^ Wheals, Brian Brenchley (1984). Theirs Were But Human Hearts. Self published. ISBN 9780950905303.
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