Background
He was the son of Sir Walter Borrowes, 2nd Baronet and Eleanor Fitzgerald, daughter of George Fitzgerald, 16th Earl of Kildare. His mother"s family were the richest in County Kildare and this cemented the position of the Borrowes family in the local landed gentry.
Career
In 1685, Borrowes succeeded his father as baronet. He was High Sheriff of Kildare in 1697 and again in 1707. Borrowes sat in the Irish House of Commons for Kildare County from 1703 until his death in 1709.
His home was Barretstown Castle.
"Borrowes" was pronounced "burrows".
