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 Boyle. His mother's family were the richest in

County Kildare County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county, ...

and this cemented the position of the Borrowes family in the local

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. In 1685, Borrowes succeeded his father as baronet. He was High Sheriff of Kildare in 1697 and again in 1707. Borrowes sat in the Irish House of Commons for Kildare County from 1703 until his death in 1709. His owned Barretstown Castle, which he inherited from his mother, but his main residence was at Gilltown.Cokayne George Edward ''Complete Baronetage'' Reprinted Gloucester 1983 Vol.2 p.270 He married Elizabeth Dixon, eldest daughter of Sir Richard Dixon and Mary Eustace of

Calverstown Calverstown () is a small village in County Kildare, Ireland. It lies south of the town of Kilcullen and about from each of the towns of Athy, Kildare, Naas and Newbridge. It is an old settlement located close to the archaeological sites of D� ...

, County Kildare. She died in 1745 They had two sons and three daughters. Borrowes was buried at Gilltown and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son

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. Walter also inherited the Dixon estate at Calverstown from his cousin Robert Dixon. "Borrowes" was pronounced "burrows".

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1660s births 1709 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Irish MPs 1703–1713 Politicians from County Kildare Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kildare constituencies High Sheriffs of Kildare {{Ireland-baronet-stub