1. Charles Bonython Borlase was Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand in 1874.
14 Facts About Charles Borlase
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Charles Borlase had been a member of the first Wellington Town Board in 1863, and a Councillor to 1874.
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Charles Borlase held the position of Provincial Solicitor from 1857 until his death in 1875.
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Charles Borlase's father was Lieutenant-Colonel Charles B Borlase of the Dragoons.
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Charles Borlase was stationed with the East India Company in India at the time and died just before Borlase was born.
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The family returned to England, where Charles Borlase studied law and was admitted as a solicitor.
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Charles Borlase was the Judge for the Featherston horse races for a number of years.
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Charles Borlase was persuaded by Wakefield's Radical Party to enter politics in 1857.
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Charles Borlase represented Wairarapa on the Wellington Provincial Council from November 1857 to August 1858, when he was defeated by Captain Smith.
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Charles Borlase then represented the City of Wellington electorate from March 1859 until his death in May 1875.
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Charles Borlase was on the Wellington Executive Council from March 1854; the source does not record an end date.
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Charles Borlase served another period on the Executive Council from June 1866 to June 1868, and was the Provincial Solicitor.
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Charles Borlase had been on the Wellington Town Board and then a Wellington City Councillor.
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Charles Borlase became increasingly ill from February or March 1875 until his death at Wellington on 15 May 1875.