Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Baronet

Sir Kildare Dixon Borrowes, 5th Baronet (20 January 1722 – 22 June 1790) was an Irish politician.

He was the oldest son of Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Baronet and his wife Mary Pottinger, daughter of Captain Edward Pottinger. In 1741, Borrowes succeeded his father as baronet. Between 1745 and 1776, he represented County Kildare in the Irish House of Commons. Borrowes was also elected for Randalstown in 1760, but chose not to sit. In 1751, he was appointed High Sheriff of Kildare.

The main Borrowes family seat was at Barretstown Castle near Ballymore Eustace. They also inherited an estate at Calverstown in Kildare from their Dixon cousins (Kildare was the grandson of the Dixon heiress, Elizabeth).

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