Borlase is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

and masculine given name. A branch of the family De Taillefer, of

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, who were descended from the

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, came to England before the reign of Henry III (1207–1272). A king granted lands in the parish of

St Wenn St Wenn ( kw, Sen Gwenna) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated six miles (10 km) west of Bodmin and nine miles (14.5 km) east of Newquay. The parish population at the 2011 census w ...

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

to Frank (French) Borlas Taillefer. Following the ancient Cornish tradition, the family adopted the name of their place of residence, Borlas, as their surname. Originally Borlase was a manor, but the name now exists as three farms: Borlase-Vath, Borlase Burgess and Borlase farm near

Rosenannon Rosenannon ( kw, Ros an Onnen) is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is within the civil parish of St Wenn, south-west of the town of Wadebridge.Ordnance Survey: Explorer map sheet 106 ''Newquay & Padstow'' Rosenannon Downs is ...

. A common saying in west Cornwall was ″Borlases were in Cornwall before the birth of Christ″.

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Charles Borlase Charles Bonython Borlase (1820 – 15 May 1875) was Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand in 1874. He had been a member of the first Wellington Town Board in 1863, and a Councillor to 1874. He held the position of Provincial Solicitor from 1857 until ...

(1820–1875), New Zealand politician, Mayor of Wellington *

Darryl Borlase Darryl Borlase is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club. Football Borlase was recruited by Port Adelaide from the Ceduna Football Club. He would debut for Port Adelaide in 1985 playing 5 games in ...

(), Australian footballer *

Deirdre Borlase Deirdre Borlase (1925–2018) was a British painter and printmaker. Biography Borlase was born at Dulwich in London and grew up Margate, where her father was a plumber. She studied at the Bromley School of Art between 1940 and 1944 and then at ...

(1925–2018), English painter and printmaker *

Edmund Borlase Edmund Borlase (1620–1682) was an Anglo-Irish historian and physician. Life He was son of John Borlase (1576–1648), Sir John Borlase, who received the appointment of master-general of the ordnance, Ireland, in 1634, and held office as lo ...

(1620–1682), Irish Protestant historian *

George Borlase George Borlase (1743 – 7 November 1809) was an English churchman, Registrary and Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Life and career George Borlase was born 1743 in Cornwall. He was the sixth son of Walter ...

(1743–1809), Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge *

Henry Borlase Henry Borlase (ca. 1590 – ca. 1624) 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, o ...

(c. 1590–c. 1624), English politician and Member of Parliament *

Jenny Borlase Jenny Borlase , also known as Jenny Kennett, is a former Australia netball international. Between 1989 and 1999 she made 70 senior appearances for Australia. She was a member of the Australia teams that won gold medals at the 1991, 1995 and 1 ...

(), three-time world champion netball player from Australia *

John Borlase (disambiguation) John Borlase or Borlace may refer to: *John Borlase (high sheriff) (died 1593), High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire *Sir John Borlase (1576–1648), Lord Justice of Ireland, 1641–43 *Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet (1619–1672), English Member of Pa ...

Nancy Borlase Nancy Wilmot Borlase (24 March 1914 – 11 September 2006) was a New Zealand-born Australian artist, known for her landscape-based abstract paintings and portraits, and as an art critic and commentator. Her work is displayed in the National Gal ...

(1914–2006), New Zealand-born Australian painter and critic *

Peter Borlase Peter Borlase (born 22 May 1985) is a New Zealand rugby union former player and former head coach of the Colorado Raptors in Major League Rugby (MLR). Playing career Canterbury and Crusaders He has played 33 times for Canterbury in the IT ...

(born 1985), New Zealand rugby player and coach *

William Borlase (disambiguation) William Borlase (1696–1772) was a Cornish clergyman, antiquary, geologist and naturalist. William Borlase may also refer to: * Sir William Borlase (died 1629) (c. 1564–1629), English politician and Member of Parliament * William Borlase (died ...

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* Borlase

Wyndham Childs Major-general (United Kingdom), Major-General Sir Borlase Elward Wyndham Childs (15 December 1876 – 27 November 1946) was a British Army officer who also served as Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 1921 to 1928. Military ...

(1876–1946), British Army major-general and Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (London) *

Borlase Warren Borlase Warren (1677 – 15 May 1747) was a British Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Arthur Warren of Stapleford, Nottinghamshire and his wife Anne Borlase, heiress of Sir John Borlase, Bt after her brother John's death in 1689. Wa ...

(1677–1747), English Member of Parliament *

Borlase Richmond Webb Borlase Richmond Webb (c. 1696–1738), of Biddesden House, Wiltshire, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1734. Webb was the second son of John Richmond Webb of Biddesden and his first wife ...

(c. 1696–1738), British landowner and Tory politician

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