Background
He was the son of Sir Thomas Borthwick and Letitia Mary Banks.
barrister Prisoner Army captain
He was the son of Sir Thomas Borthwick and Letitia Mary Banks.
Honorary
They had four children, including a son William Jason Maxwell Borthwick. She died in 1971. In 1913 he was granted the rank of a baron"s son. He gained the rank of Temporary Captain in the service of the King"s Royal Rifle Corps.
He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1918, where he was wounded twice and became a Prisoner of war.
In 1919 he was called to the Bar. At parliamentary elections he contested, as a Liberal party candidate North Dorset four times;
He did not stand for parliament again.