William Borlase was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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  between 1659 and 1665.

Borlase was the son of Sir William Borlase

William Borlase (died 1630)

William Borlase was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and from 1628 to 1629..Borlase was the son of William Borlase of Marlow and Bockmore Buckinghamshire. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 22 June 1604, aged 15. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament...

 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

Inner Temple

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 in 1637.

In 1659, Borlase was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Great Marlow

Great Marlow (UK Parliament constituency)

Great Marlow, sometimes simply called Marlow, was a parliamentary borough in Buckinghamshire. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons between 1301 and 1307, and again from 1624 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.-History:In the...

 in the Third Protectorate Parliament

Third Protectorate Parliament

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. He was re- elected MP for Great Marlow in the Convention Parliament and again in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament

Cavalier Parliament

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. 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

John Bankes

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. 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

John Richmond Webb

General John Richmond Webb was an English military leader and Member of Parliament.Webb was the son of Colonel Edmund Richmond Webb, a Wiltshire gentleman with a position in the household of Prince George of Denmark and second cousin to another Wiltshire man, Henry St John, who was to become the...

. His daughter Anne married Thomas Wingfield, High Sheriff of Shropshire

High Sheriff of Shropshire

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 in 1692 and his daughter Alicia, married John Wallop of Farleigh Wallop and had issue, including John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth

John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth

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