The Borrowes Baronetcy of Grangemellon in the County of Kildare, was a title in the

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. It was created on 14 February 1646 for Erasmus Borrowes,

High Sheriff of Kildare The High Sheriff of Kildare was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Kildare, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Kildare County Sheriff. T ...

in 1641. Erasmus was the son of Henry Borrowes of Gilltown (died 1615), who emigrated from

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to Ireland in the reign of

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. Through his mother Jane, Erasmus was the grandson of the distinguished soldier and politician Sir Arthur Savage. Sir Walter Borrowes, 2nd Baronet, was High Sheriff of Kildare in 1673.

Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet (c. 1660 – May 1709) was an Irish politician. He was the son of Sir Walter Borrowes, 2nd Baronet and his first wife Lady Eleanor FitzGerald, daughter of George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare and Lady Joan ...

was twice

and a member of the Irish Parliament for

Kildare County Kildare County F.C. ( ga, Cumann Peile Chontae Chill Dara) was an Irish association football club based in Newbridge, County Kildare. Between 2002–03 and 2009 they played in the League of Ireland First Division. During this time they also e ...

. His son

Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Baronet Sir Walter Dixon Borrowes, 4th Baronet (1691 – 9 June 1741) was an Irish politician. He was the eldest son of Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Dixon, daughter of Sir Richard Dixon and his wife Mary Eustace of Calverstown ...

represented Harristown and

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in the Irish Parliament. The latter's son Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Baronet represented

and was

in 1751. The 6th Baronet was

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in 1800. Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 9th Baronet was

in 1873 and

in 1880. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the 11th baronet in 1939.

Borrowes baronets of Grangemellon (1646)

* Sir Erasmus Borrowes, 1st Baronet (died ) * Sir Walter Borrowes, 2nd Baronet (c. 1620–1685) *

(c. 1660–c.1709) * Sir Walter Dixon Borrowes, 4th Baronet (1691–1741) *

Sir Kildare Dixon Borrowes, 5th Baronet Sir Kildare Dixon Borrowes, 5th Baronet (20 January 1722 – 22 June 1790) 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. In 1741, Borrowes succ ...

(1722–1790) * Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 6th Baronet (1759–1814) * Sir Walter Dixon Borrowes, 7th Baronet (1789–1834) * Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 8th Baronet (1799–1866) * Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 9th Baronet (1831–1898) *

Sir Kildare Borrowes, 10th Baronet Kildare Dixon Borrowes (21 September 1852 – 19 October 1924) was an English first-class cricketer active 1882 who played for Middlesex. He was born in Exeter; died in Wateringbury. He was High Sheriff of Kildare The High Sheriff of Kilda ...

(1852–1924) * Sir Eustace Dixon Borrowes, 11th Baronet (1866–1939)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Borrowes Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland