Borough, Richard, Sir, 1st Baronet (1756 -1837)

Sir Richard Borough, of Ham Common in Surrey, and afterwards of Coolock Lodge, County Dublin was a member of the family of Borough of Basildon Park in Berkshire. He married, 21 August 1799, Anna Maria Lake, eldest daughter of Gerard 1st Viscount Lake, and was created a baronet in 1813. He was succeeded by his only son Sir Edward Richard Borough (1800 1879), head of a well known firm of army agents in Dublin, who married Elizabeth St Lawrence, youngest daughter of William, 2nd Earl of Howth. Sir Edward died 3 December 1879, without surviving male issue when the baronetcy became extinct.

Seat / Residence(s): Coolock Lodge, Dublin
Stamp(s) Stamp Information
Borough, Richard, Sir, 1st Baronet (1756 - 1837) (Stamp 1) Title: Borough, Richard, Sir, 1st Baronet (1756 - 1837) (Stamp 1)
Arms: Or on a chief azure three mullets argent in base on waves of the sea a dolphin naiant argent in honour point the hand of Ulster (Borough)
Crest: Three plates [roundels] surmounted of a panache of five ostrich feathers
Motto: Suivez moi
Dimensions (height x width): 59mm x 42mm
Impalement: Sable a bend between six cross crosslets fitchy argent (Lake)
Heraldic Charges: bend between, Heraldic Charges: chief, on a, Heraldic Charges: crosses crosslet (6), Heraldic Charges: dolphin, Heraldic Charges: feathers, ostrich (5), Heraldic Charges: hand of Ulster, Heraldic Charges: mullets (3), Heraldic Charges: roundels (3)
Borough, Richard, Sir, 1st Baronet (1756 - 1837) (Stamp 2) Title: Borough, Richard, Sir, 1st Baronet (1756 - 1837) (Stamp 2)
Crest: Three plates [roundels] surmounted of a panache of five ostrich feathers
Dimensions (height x width): 18mm x 20mm
Heraldic Charges: feathers, ostrich (5), Heraldic Charges: roundels (3)