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Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet

1660 – 1709

Irish politician

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Lived 1660 – 1709 (aged 48–49). Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet was a politician.

Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet (c. 1660 – May 1709) was an Irish politician.

He was the son of Sir Walter Borrowes, 2nd Baronet and his first wife Lady Eleanor FitzGerald, daughter of George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare and Lady Joan Boyle. His mother's family were the richest in County Kildare and this cemented the position of the Borrowes family in the local landed gentry. In 1685, Borrowes succeeded his father as baronet. His owned Barretstown Castle, which he inherited from his mother, but his main residence was at Gilltown.

He married Elizabeth Dixon, eldest daughter of Sir Richard Dixon and Mary Eustace of Calverstown, County Kildare. She died in 1745 Borrowes was buried at Gilltown and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Walter. Walter also inherited the Dixon estate at Calverstown from his cousin Robert Dixon.

"Borrowes" was pronounced "burrows".

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Born
1660
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Died
1709
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Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland
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Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt.

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Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet was born in 1660.

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Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet died in 1709.

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Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet was a politician.

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· Wikipedia: Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7528222

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