About William Borlase
Lived 1589 – 1630 (aged 40–41). William Borlase was a politician.
William Borlase (28 December 1589 – 15 December 1630) of Little Marlow and Bockmer, Buckinghamshire was an English politician of the Borlase family who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and from 1628 to 1629.
Borlase was the eldest son of William Borlase of Bockmer and Little Marlow, and his wife, Mary Backhouse.
Borlase died at the age of about 42. He had married Amy Popham, daughter of Sir Francis Popham, and was the father of three sons, including Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet; and William Borlase, MP for Marlow; and two daughters. His widow later married courtier Gabriel Hippesley.
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English politician
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William Borlase was born in 1589.
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William Borlase died on 15 December 1630.
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William Borlase was a politician.
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