Sir William Burroughs, 1st Baronet
Sir William Burroughs, 1st Baronet (c. 1753 – 1 June 1829) was an Anglo-Irish judge and politician.
Background and education[edit]
Burroughs was the son of the Venerable Lewis Burroughs, Archdeacon of Derry, by Mary Cane, daughter of Richard Cane, of Larabrian, County Kildare. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin,[1] and was called to the Irish Bar in 1778 and to the English Bar in 1803.[2]
Legal and political career[edit]
Burroughs practised at the Irish Bar for ten years. After coming into financial difficulties he tried his fortune in British India in 1789. In 1792, he was appointed Advocate-General of Bengal. After making a comfortable fortune he resigned his post and returned to Britain in 1801.[2]
The following year he was returned to parliament for Enniskillen.[3] In 1804 he was created a baronet, of Castle Bagshaw in the County of Wicklow.[4]
In 1806, he was made a judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Calcutta[2] and resigned his seat in parliament the same year.[5] He returned to Britain in 1817[2] and was elected to the House of Commons as one of two representatives for Colchester. He continued to represent this constituency until 1818[6] and then sat for Taunton until 1819.[7]
Family[edit]
Burroughs married Letitia Newburgh had one son and three daughters.[8]
- William (15 September 1784 – 11 May 1814), died of wounds received before the Battle of Bayonne
- Letitia, married Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet
- Maria Isabelle (died 1798), died unmarried
- Louisa, married Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange
Several reputable sources, including the Dictionary of National Biography, describe him as the grandfather of General Sir Frederick Traill-Burroughs (born Burroughs). However, Traill-Burroughs was born 15 years after the death of Sir William's only son.[9][10]
He died in Bath in 1829, at which point the baronetcy became extinct.
References[edit]
- ^ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p117: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- ^ a b c d historyofparliamentonline.org BURROUGHS, William (?1753–1829), of Castle Bagshaw, co. Cavan.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 6)
- ^ "No. 15744". The London Gazette. 9 October 1804. p. 1266.
- ^ "No. 15903". The London Gazette. 22 March 1806. p. 377.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
- ^ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. W. Clowes. p. 93. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Obituary: General Sir Frederick Traill-Burroughs". The Times. 11 April 1905. p. 10.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography: Second Supplement. Macmillan. 1912. p. 273. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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