Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Baronet

Sir Kildare Dixon Borrowes, 5th Baronet (20 January 1722 – 22 June 1790)^[1] was an Irish politician.

He was the oldest son of Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Baronet and his wife Mary Pottinger, daughter of Captain Edward Pottinger.^[2] In 1741, Borrowes succeeded his father as baronet.^[1] Between 1745 and 1776, he represented Kildare County in the Irish House of Commons.^[3] Borrowes was also elected for Randalstown in 1760, but chose not to sit.^[3] In 1751, he was appointed High Sheriff of Kildare.^[4]

The main Borrowes family seat was at Barretstown Castle near Ballymore Eustace. They also inherited an estate at Calverstown in Kildare from their Dixon cousins.

Marriages and children[]

In February 1759, Borrowes married Elizabeth Short, only daughter of John Short.^[5] After her death in 1766, he married secondly Jane Higginson, daughter of Joseph Higginson on 10 May 1769.^[5] He had three sons and a daughter by his first wife, as well as four sons and two daughters by his second wife.^[5] Borrowes was buried at ^[2] and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son Erasmus.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b "ThePeerage - Sir Kildare Dixon Borrowes, 5th Bt". Retrieved 11 April 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ 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. 130. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c 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)

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Richard Allen Maurice Keating	Member of Parliament for Kildare County 1745–1776 With: Maurice Keating 1745–1761 Arthur Pomeroy 1761–1776	Succeeded by Lord Charles FitzGerald Arthur Pomeroy
Preceded by William Sharman	Member of Parliament for Randalstown 1760–1761 With:	Succeeded by John O'Neill
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by Walter Borrowes	Baronet (of Grangemellon) 1741–1790	Succeeded by Erasmus Borrowes

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[Rayment-1] "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[thePeerage-2] "ThePeerage - Sir Kildare Dixon Borrowes, 5th Bt". Retrieved 11 April 2009.

[Commons-3] "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[4] 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. 130. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[Burke-5] 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)

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