Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet

For other people named John Borlase, see John Borlase (disambiguation).

Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet (21 August 1619 – 8 August 1672) 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.

Background

Borlase was born at Littlecote House, Wiltshire, the son of Sir William Borlase and his wife Amy Popham, daughter of Sir Francis Popham. 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.

Career

In April 1640, Borlase was elected Member of Parliament for Great Marlow in the Short Parliament. 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. On 4 May 1642, he was created baronet of Bockmer, in the County of Buckingham. He was disabled from sitting for his Royalist tendencies in 1644. In 1645, he was imprisoned by order of Oliver Cromwell, but released for a fine of 2400 £ a year later.

After the Restoration, Borlase represented Wycombe in the Cavalier Parliament from 1661 until his death in 1672.

Borlase died, aged 52 in Bockmer in Buckinghamshire and was buried in Little Marlow four days later.

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. They had seven children, six daughters and one son. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son John.

References

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