Charles Borlase
Charles Borlase | |
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| 2nd Mayor of Wellington | |
| In office 8 January 1874 – 28 January 1875 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Dransfield |
| Succeeded by | William Sefton Moorhouse |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for City of Wellington | |
| In office 1 March 1866 – 7 February 1871 | |
| Preceded by | William Barnard Rhodes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1820 Calcutta, India |
| Died | 15 May 1875 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Charles Bonython Borlase (1820 – 15 May 1875) was Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand in 1874. He had been a member of the first Wellington Town Board in 1863, and a Councillor to 1874. He held the position of Provincial Solicitor from 1857 until his death in 1875.
Background
Borlase was born in Calcutta, Bengal, India in 1820, although his family was from Cornwall. His father was Lieutenant-Colonel Charles B. Borlase of the Dragoons. He was stationed with the East India Company in India at the time and died just before Borlase was born. The family returned to England, where Borlase studied law and was admitted as a solicitor. For a time he was a law reporter with the London press before becoming a partner in a law firm. Through his families connections with the Molesworth's he migrated with his wife, Elizabeth Emma Borlase (née Holmes), and their three children (Charles, Charlotte, and William) on the Victory to Wellington on 16 August 1848.[1] In the 1850s he moved from Wellington to the Wairarapa clearing land at Papawai. While there he was noted as being both generous and hospitable. In 1858 he returned to live in Wellington. Borlase was also the Judge for the Featherston horse races for a number of years. In Wellington he resumed his legal practice and was legal adviser to the Wellington Building Society.
Political career
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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| 1866–1871 | 4th | City of Wellington
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Independent | ||
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Civic career
He had been on the Wellington Town Board and then a Wellington City Councillor. In 1874 he was Mayor until his retirement from the position in December of that year. He continued as a Councillor until his death. Borlase became increasingly ill from February or March 1875 until his death at Wellington on 15 May 1875.[7]
Borlase Street in Wellington is named after him.[8]
Notes
- ^ Page 2 Advertisements Column 3, New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 319, 19 August 1848, Page 2
- ^ a b Scholefield 1950, p. 237.
- ^ "Election". Wellington Independent. 11 May 1860.
- ^ "The Wairarapa Election". Wellington Independent. Vol. X, no. 1313. 25 September 1858. p. 2. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 236.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 184.
- ^ "Death of Mr C B Borlase". The Evening Post. Vol. XI, no. 66. 17 May 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ Irvine-Smith 1948, p. 109.
References
- A. H. & A. W. Reed.
- Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
- Perry, Stuart (1969) No Mean City Wellington City Council, includes a paragraph and a portrait or photo for each mayor
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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