A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Borlase, John
BORLASE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
John Borlase entered the Navy 7 Nov. 1826; passed his examination 26 Nov. 1832; served for some time in South America as Mate of the Imogene 26, Capt. Hen. Wm. Bruce; and was promoted from the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, 11 June, 1841. His appointments have since been – 8 Dec. following, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Cornwallis 72, flagship in the East Indies of Sir Wm. Parker – 25 Aug. 1842, to the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, on the same station – 17 March, 1843, again to the Cornwallis – and, 1 March, 1845, to the Hibernia 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean, where he now serves.