Sir William Burroughs, 1st Baronet

Sir William Burroughs, 1st Baronet (c. 1753 – 1 June 1829), was a British 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, and was called to the Irish Bar in 1778 and to the English Bar in 1803.[1]

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.[1]

The following year he was returned to parliament for Enniskillen.[2] In 1804 he was created a baronet, of Castle Bagshaw in the County of Wicklow.[3]

In 1806 he was made a judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Calcutta[1] and resigned his seat in parliament the same year.[4] He returned to Britain in 1817[1] and was elected to the House of Commons as one of two representatives for Colchester. He continued to represent this constituency until 1818[5] and then sat for Taunton until 1819.[6]

Family

Burroughs's elder daughter Letitia was the second wife of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet. His younger daughter Louisa was the wife of Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange.[7] Burroughs died in June 1829 when the baronetcy became extinct.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 historyofparliamentonline.org BURROUGHS, William (?1753–1829), of Castle Bagshaw, co. Cavan.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 6)
  3. ↑ "No. 15744". The London Gazette. 9 October 1804. p. 1266.
  4. ↑ "No. 15903". The London Gazette. 22 March 1806. p. 377.
  5. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
  6. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
  7. ↑ thepeerage.com Sir William Burroughs, Bt.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Beresford		 Member of Parliament for Enniskillen
1802–1806		 Succeeded by
John King
Preceded by
Robert Thornton
Hart Davis		 Member of Parliament for Colchester
1817–1818
With: Hart Davis 1817–1818
James Beckford Wildman 1818		 Succeeded by
James Beckford Wildman
Daniel Whittle Harvey
Preceded by
Alexander Baring
Henry Powell Collins		 Member of Parliament for Taunton
1818–1819
With: Alexander Baring		 Succeeded by
Alexander Baring
Henry Powell Collins
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Castle Bagshaw)
1804–1829		 Extinct
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