Background
Borwick was the son of George Borwick of Torquay, and his wife Jane (née Hudson), and was Chairman of the family firm George Borwick & Sons Limited, manufacturer of baking and custard powders, which had been founded by his father.
Borwick was the son of George Borwick of Torquay, and his wife Jane (née Hudson), and was Chairman of the family firm George Borwick & Sons Limited, manufacturer of baking and custard powders, which had been founded by his father.
In 1922 he was further honoured when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Borwick, of Hawkshead in the County of Lancaster, for "providing hospital treatment for the sick and wounded Colonial officers throughout the war". He was also a Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. Lord Borwick married in 1872, Caroline (d April 1936), daughter of the Reverend Richard Daniel Johnston of Kurnool, India.
Latterly the family resided almost continually in Nice and Paris.
