''Thomas Borrow'' and ''Ann Borrow'' are two paintings by

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from 1762-63.

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Thomas Borrow was the eldest son to Isaac and Honor Borrow and was born on 3 June 1709. His father who resided at Castlefield, a very large country house, was twice

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Thomas Borrow
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By Stephen Glover, 1831, accessed July 2011 There is a painting of Isaac Borrow extant and the Borrow house is included in a 1725 painting called '' A Prospect of Derby''. Borrow entered Grays Inn in 1727. In the year after Bonnie Prince Charlie came to Derby, Borrow was made the

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in 1746. In 1757 he married Anne Ault of

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and came into the use of £4,000 and lands and property in

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and the parish of St Peters. St Peters parish is now in the centre of Derby. Joseph Wright of Derby painted Borrow and his wife, Anne (or Ann). Both of these paintings are in the collection of

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as is an anonymous painting of their house called ''Castlefields''. The paintings both date from 1762-63 and are 40 by 50 inches in size. Borrow died on 6 August 1786. They had one son name Thomas who spelt his surname Borough and a daughter Anne Honor who died aged twelve. The parents and daughter are buried in St Lawrence Church in Gotham where there is a memorial on the south wall.Gotham monuments
Southwell Churches, retrieved 28 July 2014

References

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