Background
Borton was born on 20 January 1814 in Blofield, Norfolk where his father John Drew Borton was the rector. His mother was Louisa Carthew one of the daughters of Rev Thomas Carthew of Woodbridge Abbey in Suffolk.
army officer commander Governor of Malta
Borton was born on 20 January 1814 in Blofield, Norfolk where his father John Drew Borton was the rector. His mother was Louisa Carthew one of the daughters of Rev Thomas Carthew of Woodbridge Abbey in Suffolk.
He was educated at Eton College and the Military College, Sandhurst.
Confederate soldier Collett Leventhorpe was his kinsman. Borton was commissioned into the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot in 1832. He became commander of an infantry brigade at the Curragh in Ireland in 1866 and General Officer Commanding the Mysore division of the Madras Army in 1870 and, having been promoted to full general in 1877, he went on to be Governor of Malta in 1878 before retiring in 1884.
He died, on 7 September 1893, at his residence, 105 Eaton Place, London, and was buried on 9 September at Hunton, near Maidstone, Kent.