William Copeland Borlase MA, FSA, MP (1848 - March 31, 1899) born at Castle Horneck, near Penzance in Cornwall, was a well known antiquarian and member of Parliament for the St. Austell Division, Cornwall.^[1] The degree of Master of Arts degree is an undergraduate degree awarded by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge as well as by the University of Dublin. ... The Society of Antiquaries of London is a learned society, based in the United Kingdom, concerned with the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries. This includes archaeology, architectural history, art history, conservation, heraldry, anthropology, and ecclesiastical studies. ... MP or mp may refer to: Northern Mariana Islands Member of Parliament Military Police Modus ponens Madhya Pradesh, a state in India Mathematical Physics Microprocessor Machine Pistol Multi-platform Mission Possible, a Christian based childrens ministry Mission Praise, a Christian hymn book Mana Points or Magic points, a measure... 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Penzance Harbour and surrounding area as seen from the air Penzances old docks with Abbey Slip and St Marys Church behind Penzance (Cornish: Pensans) is a civil parish and port town in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK. Granted various Royal Charters from 1512 onwards and incorporated... St Austell is a town in Cornwall, England. ... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county in South West England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. ...

A member of a wealthy Cornish family, his early life was much influenced by the archaelogical work of His Great Great Grandfather, Dr. William Borlase the Cornish Historian. Young Borlase visited many of the ancient sites in Cornwall and in 1863 he supervised the excavations of the re-discovered prehistoric settlement and fogou at Carn Euny. Although Borlase produced many sketches he would commission fellow Cornish antiquarian John Thomas Blight who did the engravings for the report. William Borlase (February 2, 1695 - August 31, 1772), English antiquary and naturalist, was born at Pendeen in Cornwall, of an ancient family. ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is the period of human history prior to the advent of writing (which marks the beginning of recorded history). ... A fogou is an underground structure which is found in many Iron Age settlements in Cornwall. ... Carn Euny is an archaeological site near Sancreed, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom with considerable evidence of both Iron Age and post-Iron Age settlement. ...

Educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford he became a Liberal member of parliament for East Cornwall in 1880. In 1886 he was made Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board but when he took to fine living much of his political and antiquarian achievements were forgotten after his Portuguese mistress exposed his debts. The scandal brought him ruin and bankruptcy. Following this downfall he went off to work in Ireland as a remittance man. He also went on to manage tin mines in Spain and Portugal. College name Trinity College Named after The Holy Trinity Established 1555 Sister College Churchill College President Sir Ivor Roberts KCMG MA JCR President Kushal Banerjee Undergraduates 298 MCR President Andrew Ng Graduates 105 Homepage Boatclub Trinity College (in full: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University... Mistress is the feminine form of the word master. ... Income, generally defined, is the money that is received as a result of the normal business activities of an individual or a business. ...

The rest of the family disowned him and he died aged just 51. His address when he died was Bedford Court-mansions, Bloomsbury, London. Bloomsbury is an area of central London, in the London Borough of Camden. ...

Works

• An account of excavations at Carn Euny. (1862-1864)
• Ancient Cornwall. 2 volumes (1871)
• The Age of Saints in Cornwall: Early Christianity in Cornwall with Legends of the Cornish Saints.
• Naenia Cornubiae: a descriptive essay, illustrative of the sepulchres and funereal customs of the early inhabitants of the county of Cornwall. (1872)
• The Dolmens of Ireland (in three volumes). (1897)

Carn Euny is an archaeological site near Sancreed, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom with considerable evidence of both Iron Age and post-Iron Age settlement. ... Poulnabrone dolmen in County Clare, Ireland For the french TV miniseries, see Dolmen (TV miniseries). ...

External link

• THE BANKRUPTCY OF MR. W. C. BORLASE

Sources

Mother and Sun, The Cornish Fogou by Ian McNeil Cooke. Pages 27-28

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