Borden was born in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 25 September 1901 to Henry Clifford Borden (1870–1943) and Mabel Ashmere Barnstead (1878–1905). Henry was the younger brother of Sir Robert Borden. Henry Borden studied at
McGill University,
Dalhousie University, and was a
Rhodes Scholar at
Exeter College, Oxford from 1924 to 1927. In May of that year, Borden was called to the bar at
Lincoln's Inn, and then also in the provincial bar of Nova Scotia and Ontario in August and November respectively. He was a founding
partner of the Toronto law firm Borden & Elliot, which eventually merged into
Borden Ladner Gervais, and was appointed
King's Counsel in 1938. At the outbreak of the
Second World War, he was appointed to the War Supply Board. He would later serve as general counsel to the
Department of Munitions and Supply. In 1942, he was appointed chairman of the War Time Industries Control Board. He was appointed a CMG for his wartime service. Borden died on May 5th, 1989. == References ==