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{{Short description|British genealogist}}
{{Short description|British genealogist}}
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'''William Bortrick''' {{postnom|country=GBR|FRSA}}<ref>{{cite web |title=THE WOLFSON REVIEW 2020–2021 |url=https://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2021-11/the_wolfson_review_2020-2021_0.pdf |website=[[Wolfson College, Cambridge]] |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref> (born April 1973)<ref>{{cite web |title=William BORTRICK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/W6Df1DV3KbbsJJ0NUA5SSUo40EA/appointments |website=[[Companies House]] |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref> is a British genealogist who is the owner, chairman and editor of [[Burke's Peerage]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Day-by-day account of how Prince Charles’s aides fixed a CBE for Saudi billionaire |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/day-by-day-account-of-how-prince-charless-aides-fixed-a-cbe-for-saudi-billionaire-0w7jgt9qh |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>
'''William Bortrick''' {{postnom|country=GBR|FRSA}}<ref>{{cite web |title=THE WOLFSON REVIEW 2020–2021 |url=https://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2021-11/the_wolfson_review_2020-2021_0.pdf |website=[[Wolfson College, Cambridge]] |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref> (born 30 April 1973)<ref>https://www.burkespeerage.com/new_records.php?record=BORTHWICK_Lord</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=William BORTRICK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/W6Df1DV3KbbsJJ0NUA5SSUo40EA/appointments |website=[[Companies House]] |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref> is a British genealogist who is the owner, chairman and editor of [[Burke's Peerage]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Day-by-day account of how Prince Charles’s aides fixed a CBE for Saudi billionaire |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/day-by-day-account-of-how-prince-charless-aides-fixed-a-cbe-for-saudi-billionaire-0w7jgt9qh |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>

Per the pedigree in the publication he edits, Bortrick claims descent from the [[William Borthwick, 4th Lord Borthwick|fourth]] [[Lord Borthwick]] through his daughter Margaret- who married the unrelated Sir John Borthwick, himself "of obscure origins ... not, as has been claimed, a son of William, third Lord Borthwick"-<ref>https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-55909?rskey=x3Pm9U&result=1</ref> via a branch resident in Ireland since the 1600s, primarily at [[Ballymena]] in [[County Antrim]], where they were builders.<ref>https://www.burkespeerage.com/new_records.php?record=BORTHWICK_Lord</ref><ref>Irish Builder and Engineer, vol. 70, 1928, p. 18</ref><ref>The Belfast Gazette, 28 October 1955, H.M. Stationery Office, 1955, p. 308</ref>


He studied history at the [[University of Oxford]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Chairman |url=https://www.burkespeerage.com/organisation_company.php |website=[[Burke's Peerage]] |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref> and [[Wolfson College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite web |title=OFFICERS NUMBER–LENT TERM 2008 |url=https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2007-08/special/13/part2.pdf |website=[[University of Cambridge]] |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>
He studied history at the [[University of Oxford]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Chairman |url=https://www.burkespeerage.com/organisation_company.php |website=[[Burke's Peerage]] |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref> and [[Wolfson College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite web |title=OFFICERS NUMBER–LENT TERM 2008 |url=https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2007-08/special/13/part2.pdf |website=[[University of Cambridge]] |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>


In September 2021, [[Prince Charles]]'s closest aide [[Michael Fawcett]] "stepped down temporarily" as chief executive of [[The Prince's Foundation]],<ref name="Low 2021">{{cite web | last=Low | first=Valentine | title=Prince Charles has 'no knowledge' of cash-for-honours allegations | website=The Times | date=2021-09-08 | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anti-monarchy-group-reports-prince-charles-and-former-aide-to-met-police-over-honours-allegations-gwjgczx06 }}</ref> after an investigation by ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' and the ''[[Mail on Sunday]]'' reported that he "offered to help to secure a knighthood and British citizenship" for a [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] tycoon, who donated £1.5m to [[:Category:British Royal Family charities|Prince Charles's charities]].<ref name="Pogrund Gadher 2021">{{cite news | last1=Pogrund | first1=Gabriel | last2=Gadher | first2=Dipesh | title=Prince Charles aides fixed CBE for Saudi tycoon who gave £1.5m | newspaper=The Sunday Times | date=2021-09-04 | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/prince-charles-aides-fixed-cbe-for-saudi-tycoon-who-gave-1-5m-0b5cb7qf2}}</ref> Bortrick was named by the ''Sunday Times'' as the alleged [[fixer (person)|fixer]] at the heart of the claims. Bortrick is said to have received thousands of pounds to secure the honour.<ref name="Grierson 2021">{{cite web | last=Grierson | first=Jamie | title=Prince Charles 'cash-for-honours' scandal grows with fresh allegations | website=the Guardian | date=2021-09-19 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/19/prince-charles-cash-for-honours-scandal-grows-with-fresh-allegations}}</ref> According to the [[Metropolitan Police]], at least two complaints were made calling for an investigation into whether Prince Charles or Michael Fawcett breached the [[Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925]].<!-- no need to specify further, it's the subject of this article! --><ref name="Scobie 2021">{{cite web | last=Scobie | first=Omid | title=Buckingham Palace's Statement Regarding Cash-for-Honors Allegations | website=[[Harper's Bazaar]] | date=2021-09-07 | url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a37498713/palace-reacts-to-prince-charles-cash-for-honors-scandal/ | access-date=2021-09-15}}</ref> In February 2022 the [[Metropolitan Police]] launched an investigation into the cash-for-honours allegations linked to Charles' charity The Prince's Foundation.<ref name=metpolice>{{Cite tweet |user=metpoliceuk |number=1493912563544997888 |date = 16 February 2022 |title=We have launched an investigation into allegations of offences under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. Decision follows an assessment of a Sep 2021 letter, related to media reporting alleging offers of help made to secure honours and citizenship for a Saudi national.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Breaking: Met Police investigate cash-for-honours allegations against Prince Charles’ charity |url=https://www.cityam.com/breaking-met-police-investigate-cash-for-honours-allegations-against-prince-charles-charity/ |website=[[City A.M.]] |access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref>
In September 2021, [[Prince Charles]]'s closest aide [[Michael Fawcett]] "stepped down temporarily" as chief executive of [[The Prince's Foundation]],<ref name="Low 2021">{{cite web | last=Low | first=Valentine | title=Prince Charles has 'no knowledge' of cash-for-honours allegations | website=The Times | date=2021-09-08 | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anti-monarchy-group-reports-prince-charles-and-former-aide-to-met-police-over-honours-allegations-gwjgczx06 }}</ref> after an investigation by ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' and the ''[[Mail on Sunday]]'' reported that he "offered to help to secure a knighthood and British citizenship" for a [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] tycoon, who donated £1.5m to Prince Charles's charities.<ref name="Pogrund Gadher 2021">{{cite news | last1=Pogrund | first1=Gabriel | last2=Gadher | first2=Dipesh | title=Prince Charles aides fixed CBE for Saudi tycoon who gave £1.5m | newspaper=The Sunday Times | date=2021-09-04 | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/prince-charles-aides-fixed-cbe-for-saudi-tycoon-who-gave-1-5m-0b5cb7qf2}}</ref> Bortrick was named by ''The Sunday Times'' as the alleged [[fixer (person)|fixer]] at the heart of the claims. Bortrick is said to have received thousands of pounds to secure the honour.<ref name="Grierson 2021">{{cite web | last=Grierson | first=Jamie | title=Prince Charles 'cash-for-honours' scandal grows with fresh allegations | website=the Guardian | date=2021-09-19 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/19/prince-charles-cash-for-honours-scandal-grows-with-fresh-allegations}}</ref> According to the [[Metropolitan Police]], at least two complaints were made calling for an investigation into whether Prince Charles or Michael Fawcett breached the [[Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925]].<!-- no need to specify further, it's the subject of this article! --><ref name="Scobie 2021">{{cite web | last=Scobie | first=Omid | title=Buckingham Palace's Statement Regarding Cash-for-Honors Allegations | website=[[Harper's Bazaar]] | date=2021-09-07 | url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a37498713/palace-reacts-to-prince-charles-cash-for-honors-scandal/ | access-date=2021-09-15}}</ref> In February 2022, the [[Metropolitan Police]] launched an investigation into the cash-for-honours allegations linked to Charles' charity The Prince's Foundation.<ref name=metpolice>{{Cite tweet |user=metpoliceuk |number=1493912563544997888 |date = 16 February 2022 |title=We have launched an investigation into allegations of offences under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. Decision follows an assessment of a Sep 2021 letter, related to media reporting alleging offers of help made to secure honours and citizenship for a Saudi national.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Breaking: Met Police investigate cash-for-honours allegations against Prince Charles’ charity |url=https://www.cityam.com/breaking-met-police-investigate-cash-for-honours-allegations-against-prince-charles-charity/ |website=[[City A.M.]] |access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref>

On 16 February 2024, Bortrick was disqualified by the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]] from being a trustee or senior manager at any charity for 12 years.<ref name="cc">{{cite web |title=Charity Commission disqualifies former trustees of genealogy charity and recovers £113,000 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/charity-commission-disqualifies-former-trustees-of-genealogy-charity-and-recovers-113000 |website=[[gov.uk]] |access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref> In one instance, the Charity Commission found that a desk and bookcase had been bought for £16,000 using the Burke's Peerage Foundation's charitable funds, and were then kept and used at Bortrick's home.<ref name="cc"/>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 19:19, 20 September 2024

William Bortrick FRSA[1] (born 30 April 1973)[2][3] is a British genealogist who is the owner, chairman and editor of Burke's Peerage.[4]

Per the pedigree in the publication he edits, Bortrick claims descent from the fourth Lord Borthwick through his daughter Margaret- who married the unrelated Sir John Borthwick, himself "of obscure origins ... not, as has been claimed, a son of William, third Lord Borthwick"-[5] via a branch resident in Ireland since the 1600s, primarily at Ballymena in County Antrim, where they were builders.[6][7][8]

He studied history at the University of Oxford,[9] and Wolfson College, Cambridge.[10]

In September 2021, Prince Charles's closest aide Michael Fawcett "stepped down temporarily" as chief executive of The Prince's Foundation,[11] after an investigation by The Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday reported that he "offered to help to secure a knighthood and British citizenship" for a Saudi tycoon, who donated £1.5m to Prince Charles's charities.[12] Bortrick was named by The Sunday Times as the alleged fixer at the heart of the claims. Bortrick is said to have received thousands of pounds to secure the honour.[13] According to the Metropolitan Police, at least two complaints were made calling for an investigation into whether Prince Charles or Michael Fawcett breached the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925.[14] In February 2022, the Metropolitan Police launched an investigation into the cash-for-honours allegations linked to Charles' charity The Prince's Foundation.[15][16]

On 16 February 2024, Bortrick was disqualified by the Charity Commission from being a trustee or senior manager at any charity for 12 years.[17] In one instance, the Charity Commission found that a desk and bookcase had been bought for £16,000 using the Burke's Peerage Foundation's charitable funds, and were then kept and used at Bortrick's home.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "THE WOLFSON REVIEW 2020–2021" (PDF). Wolfson College, Cambridge. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ https://www.burkespeerage.com/new_records.php?record=BORTHWICK_Lord
  3. ^ "William BORTRICK". Companies House. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Day-by-day account of how Prince Charles's aides fixed a CBE for Saudi billionaire". The Times. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  5. ^ https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-55909?rskey=x3Pm9U&result=1
  6. ^ https://www.burkespeerage.com/new_records.php?record=BORTHWICK_Lord
  7. ^ Irish Builder and Engineer, vol. 70, 1928, p. 18
  8. ^ The Belfast Gazette, 28 October 1955, H.M. Stationery Office, 1955, p. 308
  9. ^ "Chairman". Burke's Peerage. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  10. ^ "OFFICERS NUMBER–LENT TERM 2008" (PDF). University of Cambridge. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  11. ^ Low, Valentine (8 September 2021). "Prince Charles has 'no knowledge' of cash-for-honours allegations". The Times.
  12. ^ Pogrund, Gabriel; Gadher, Dipesh (4 September 2021). "Prince Charles aides fixed CBE for Saudi tycoon who gave £1.5m". The Sunday Times.
  13. ^ Grierson, Jamie (19 September 2021). "Prince Charles 'cash-for-honours' scandal grows with fresh allegations". the Guardian.
  14. ^ Scobie, Omid (7 September 2021). "Buckingham Palace's Statement Regarding Cash-for-Honors Allegations". Harper's Bazaar. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  15. ^ @metpoliceuk (16 February 2022). "We have launched an investigation into allegations of offences under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. Decision follows an assessment of a Sep 2021 letter, related to media reporting alleging offers of help made to secure honours and citizenship for a Saudi national" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "Breaking: Met Police investigate cash-for-honours allegations against Prince Charles' charity". City A.M. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Charity Commission disqualifies former trustees of genealogy charity and recovers £113,000". gov.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
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