BORLASE, JOHN [SSNE 8431]
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Sir John Borlase was an English officer in the Anglo-Dutch Brigade. He became a captain before 1610 and served at Juliers-Cleves in 1614. He served as lieutenant-colonel under Horace Vere in the Palatinate in 1622 and then as a colonel in the 1624 Anglo-Dutch levies. He retained his colonelcy and served in the expedition to Denmark under General Sir Charles Morgan [SSNE 89]. He was not retained in Dutch service on the expedition's return to the Low Countries, instead returning to England and becoming a military advisor to the government. He became an officer and politician in Ireland and was tasked with reforming the Irish army. He was a lord justice there until his death in 1648.
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Abernethy, Jack, ‘Scottish Participation in an Anglo-Dutch Army in Danish Service: Reassessing the “English” Expedition of Sir Charles Morgan, 1627-1629,’ Northern Studies, 53 (2022), pp. 42-59.
Clavin, Terry, Sir John Borlase (c. 1576–1648), army officer and politician. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 9 Jun. 2022, from https://www-oxforddnb-com.ezproxy.st-andrews.ac.uk/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-2909.
TNA SP75/9, f. 140, Muster of English regiments at Zwolle, 17 May 1628.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8047: Staten van Oorlog, 1610.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8045: Staten van Oorlog, 1613.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, 1.01.02, inv.nr. 8048, Staten van Oorlog, 1625.
Peacham, Henry, A Most True Relation of the Affaires of Cleve and Gulick... (London, 1615), unnumbered page.
This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.
Service record
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE
- Departed 1614-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- STUART KINGDOMS, PALATINATE, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE, VERE'S
- Departed 1623-12-31, as LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER MILITARY
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE
- Departed 1626-12-31, as COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH ARMY, SIR CHARLES MORGAN'S
- Departed 1628-05-27, as COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- STUART KINGDOMS, IRELAND, IRELAND
- Departed 1648-03-15, as LORD JUSTICE
- Capacity OFFICER, POLITICAL ADVISOR, purpose MILITARY, POLITICAL