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

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 between 1604 and 1614.

Borlase was the son of John Borlase of Buckinghamshire. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

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 on 17 November 1581, aged 17. He was a student of Gray's Inn

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 in 1584, as of Little Marlow. In 1601 he was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire

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. He was knighted at Beddington, Surrey on 28 June 1603. In 1604 he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Aylesbury

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. He was elected MP for Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1614. In 1624 he founded Sir William Borlase's Grammar School

Sir William Borlase's Grammar School

Sir William Borlase's Grammar School is a selective state grammar school accepting girls and boys aged 11–18 located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated on West Street, close to the town centre and also accepts students from nearby towns...

  on its present site in memory of his son Henry Borlase

Henry Borlase

Henry Borlase was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1624.Borlase was the son of William Borlase of Marlow and Bockmore Buckinghamshire. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 22 June 1604, aged 13. He was a student of the Middle Temple in 1607. In 1621,...

, MP for Marlow, who died in that year.

Borlase died at the age about 65 and was buried at Marlow on 10 September 1629. He was the father of Henry Borlase

Henry Borlase

Henry Borlase was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1624.Borlase was the son of William Borlase of Marlow and Bockmore Buckinghamshire. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 22 June 1604, aged 13. He was a student of the Middle Temple in 1607. In 1621,...

 and Wiliam 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...

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