Sir

William Burroughs, 1st Baronet

Sir William Burroughs, 1st Baronet (c. 1753 – 1 June 1829), was a British judge and politician.

Contents
Background and education
Legal and political career
Family
References
External links

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]

Legal and political career

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. historyofparliamentonline.org BURROUGHS, William (?1753–1829), of Castle Bagshaw, co. Cavan. (http://w
ww.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/burroughs-william-1753-1829)
 2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 6) (http://www.leighrayment
.com/commons/Ecommons6.htm)
3. "No. 15744" (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15744/page/1266). The London Gazette. 9 October
1804. p. 1266.
4. "No. 15903" (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15903/page/377). The London Gazette. 22 March
1806. p. 377.
5. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5) (http://www.leighrayment
.com/commons/Ccommons5.htm)
6. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1) (http://www.leighrayment
.com/commons/Tcommons1.htm)
7. thepeerage.com Sir William Burroughs, Bt. (http://thepeerage.com/p68828.htm#i688275)

External links
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir William Burroughs, Bt (https://api.parliament.uk/histo
ric-hansard/people/mr-william-burroughs)

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Member of Parliament for

Preceded by Succeeded by
Enniskillen
John Beresford John King
1802–1806

Member of Parliament for

Succeeded by
Preceded by Colchester
James Beckford
Robert Thornton 1817–1818
Wildman
Hart Davis With: Hart Davis 1817–1818
Daniel Whittle Harvey
James Beckford Wildman 1818

Preceded by Member of Parliament for Taunton Succeeded by

Alexander Baring 1818–1819 Alexander Baring
Henry Powell Collins With: Alexander Baring Henry Powell Collins

Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Baronet
New creation (of Castle Bagshaw) Extinct
1804–1829

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