William Borlase (died 1630)

William Borlase (1589 – 15 December 1630) of Little Marlow and Bockmer, Buckinghamshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and from 1628 to 1629.[1]

Borlase was the eldest son of William Borlase of Bockmer and Little Marlow. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 22 June 1604, aged 15 and succeeded his father in 1629, a year before his own death.

In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Wycombe. He was knighted at Warwick on 5 September 1617. In 1628 he was elected MP for Wycombe again.[2]

Borlase died at the age of about 42. He had married Amy Popham, daughter of Sir Francis Popham, and was the father of 3 sons, including Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet and William Borlase, MP for Marlow. and 2 daughters.[1] His widow later married courtier Gabriel Hippesley.

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Henry Fleetwood
Sir John Townsend
Member of Parliament for Wycombe
1614
With: Sir Henry Neville, jnr
Succeeded by
Richard Lovelace
Arthur Goodwin
Preceded by
Henry Coke
Edmund Waller
Member of Parliament for Wycombe
1628–1629
With: Thomas Lane
Succeeded by
Parliament suspended until 1640


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