[Borough], in Scotland Burgh, is in its modern sense primarily a town that sends a representative to Parliament; but it is further an area of local government, exercising police, sanitary, and sometimes educational, supervision, and deriving its income from rates levied on property within its bounds, and in Scotland sometimes from "common good" and petty customs. Its charter may be held from the Crown or granted by Parliament.
[Borough English], descent of lands to a youngest son.
[Borowlaski, Count], a Polish dwarf, of perfect symmetry, though only three feet in height; attained the age of 98.
[Borrome`an Islands], four islands in Lago Maggiore, of which three were converted into gardens by Count Borromeo in 1671, on one of which stands a palace of the Borromeos, enriched with fine paintings and other works of art.
[Borrome`o, St. Carlo], cardinal and archbishop of Milan, a prominent member of the Council of Trent, and contributed to the Tridentine Catechism; conspicuous by his self-sacrificing offices during a plague in the city of which he was the archbishop (1538-1584).
[Borromeo, Frederigo], nephew and successor of the preceding, of equal status in the Church, and similar character (1584-1631).
[Borrow, George Henry], traveller and philologist, born in Norfolk; showed early a passion for adventure and a facility in languages; was appointed agent for the Bible Society in Russia and Spain; in his fondness for open-air life, associated much with the gipsies; wrote an account of those in Spain, and a famous book, entitled "The Bible In Spain"; wrote "Lavengro," his masterpiece (a gipsy designation applied to him, meaning "word-master," which he was), which is chiefly autobiography (1803-1831).
[Borrowdale], a valley in the Lake District, W. Cumberland, celebrated for its beautiful scenery.
[Borthwick Castle], a ruined peel tower, 13 m. SE. of Edinburgh, where Queen Mary and Bothwell spent four days together in June 1567.
[Bory de Saint-Vincent, Jean Baptiste], a French traveller and naturalist (1780-1846).