William Borlase

Who is William Borlase?

William Borlase 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.

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

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.