Sir William Burroughs, 1st Baronet (c. 1753 – 1 June 1829) was an Anglo-Irish judge and politician.

Background and education

Burroughs was the son of the Venerable Lewis Burroughs, Archdeacon of Derry, by Mary Cane, daughter of Richard Cane, of Larabrian,

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. He was educated at

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, and was

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in 1778 and to the English Bar in 1803.historyofparliamentonline.org BURROUGHS, William (?1753–1829), of Castle Bagshaw, co. Cavan.
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Legal and political career

Burroughs practised at the Irish Bar for ten years. After coming into financial difficulties he tried his fortune in

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in 1789. In 1792, he was appointed

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. After making a comfortable fortune he resigned his post and returned to Britain in 1801. The following year he was returned to parliament for

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. In 1804 he was created a

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, of Castle Bagshaw in the County of Wicklow. In 1806, he was made a judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Calcutta and resigned his seat in parliament the same year. He returned to Britain in 1817 and was elected to the House of Commons as one of two representatives for

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. He continued to represent this constituency until 1818 and then sat for

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until 1819.

Family

Burroughs married Letitia Newburgh had one son and three daughters. *William (15 September 1784 – 11 May 1814), died of wounds received before the

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*Letitia, married

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Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet (24 May 1775 – 16 June 1858) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he saw action leading storming parties at the capture of Martinique and at the capture of Guadeloupe during the Frenc ...

*Maria Isabelle (died 1798), died unmarried *Louisa, married Sir

Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange (30 November 1756 – 16 July 1841) was a chief justice in Nova Scotia, known for waging "judicial war" to free Black Nova Scotian slaves from their owners. From 1789 to 1797, he was the sixth Chief Justice ...

Several reputable sources, including the ''Dictionary of National Biography'', describe him as the grandfather of General Sir

Frederick Traill-Burroughs Lt-General Sir Frederick William Traill-Burroughs (born Burroughs; 1 February 1831 – 9 April 1905) was a British Army officer. He was born in British India, fought in Crimea at the Battle of Alma, at the siege town of Lucknow in India an ...

(born Burroughs). However, Traill-Burroughs was born 15 years after the death of Sir William's only son. He died in Bath in 1829, at which point the baronetcy became extinct.

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