Borlase

Borlase

Borlase

Name list

Borlase is a surname and masculine given name.

For the title, see Borlase baronets.

A branch of the family De Taillefer, of Périgord, who were descended from the Count of Angoulême, came to England before the reign of Henry III (1207–1272). A king granted lands in the parish of St Wenn in Cornwall to Frank (French)[clarification needed] Borlas Taillefer.[1] Following the ancient Cornish tradition, the family adopted the name of their place of residence, Borlas, as their surname.[citation needed] Originally Borlase was a manor, but the name now exists as three farms: Borlase-Vath, Borlase Burgess and Borlase farm near Rosenannon.[2]

A common saying in west Cornwall was ″Borlases were in Cornwall before the birth of Christ″.[1]

People with the surname

People with the given name

  • Borlase Wyndham Childs (1876–1946), British Army major-general and Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (London)
  • Borlase Warren (1677–1747), English Member of Parliament
  • Borlase Richmond Webb (c. 1696 – 1738), British landowner and Tory politician

References

  1. [1]
    "Antiquity of the Borlases". The Cornishman. No. 156. 7 July 1881. p. 6.
  2. [2]
    OS Explorer Map 106. Newquay & Padstow (Map) (B3 ed.). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 978 0 319 24016 8.
This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Borlase, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.