Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet

Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet (c. 1660 – May 1709)^[1] was an Irish politician.

He was the son of Sir Walter Borrowes, 2nd Baronet and Eleanor FitzGerald, daughter of George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare and Lady Joan Boyle. ^[2] His mother's family were the richest in County Kildare and this cemented the position of the Borrowes family in the local landed gentry. In 1685, Borrowes succeeded his father as baronet.^[1] He was High Sheriff of Kildare in 1697 and again in 1707.^[2] Borrowes sat in the Irish House of Commons for Kildare County from 1703 until his death in 1709.^[3] His home was Barretstown Castle.^{[citation needed]}

He married Elizabeth Dixon, eldest daughter of Sir Richard Dixon and Mary Eustace of Calverstown, County Kildare. She died in 1745^[4] They had two sons and three daughters.^[4] Borrowes was buried at ^[5] and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Walter. Walter also inherited the Dixon estate at Calverstown from his cousin Robert Dixon. ^[5]

"Borrowes" was pronounced "burrows".^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b "ThePeerage - Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt". Retrieved 8 April 2009.
^ "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 130. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
^ ^a ^b Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. vol. I. Dublin: James Moore. p. 103. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Henry Colley	Member of Parliament for Kildare County 1703–1709 With:	Succeeded by Joshua Allen
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by Walter Borrowes	Baronet (of Grangemellon) 1685–1709	Succeeded by Walter Borrowes

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[Baronet-1] "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[thePeerage-2] "ThePeerage - Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt". Retrieved 8 April 2009.

[3] "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[Burke-4] Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 130. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[Kimber-5] Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. vol. I. Dublin: James Moore. p. 103. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

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