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

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]

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

Burroughs married Letitia Newburgh had one son and three daughters.[8]

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
  1. "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
  2. historyofparliamentonline.org BURROUGHS, William (?1753–1829), of Castle Bagshaw, co. Cavan.
  3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 6)
  4. "No. 15744". The London Gazette. 9 October 1804. p. 1266.
  5. "No. 15903". The London Gazette. 22 March 1806. p. 377.
  6. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
  7. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
  8. 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.
  9. "Obituary: General Sir Frederick Traill-Burroughs". The Times. 11 April 1905. p. 10.
  10. Dictionary of National Biography: Second Supplement. Macmillan. 1912. p. 273. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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