Dr Edmond, an eminent physician and English writer, was the son of Sir John Borlace, who was master of the ordnance, and one of the lords justices of Ireland in 1643. He studied in Dublin College, and afterwards at Leyden, where he took the degree of doctor of physic. He practised with success at Chester, and was incorporated doctor of the faculty in the university of Oxford. Among other works he published the following:—The Reduction of Ireland to the crown of England, London, 1675, 8vo; The History of the Irish Rebellion, London, 1680, 8vo; Brief Reflections on the Earl of Castlehaven's Memoirs, London, 1682, folio. He died about 1682.