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WHITE, JOHN, son of Timothy White, Conway, Caernarvonshire; b.; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1723; Min. Can. 1726; KS 1727; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1731, adm. pens. 22 Jun 1731, scholar 12 May 1732, matr. 1732; BA 1733/4; MA 1738; BD 1751; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1737, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1738; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 20 Sep 1735; Vicar of Chesterton, Cambs., 1752-7; Rector of North Runcton, Norfolk, from 1756; Rector of South Runcton, Norfolk, from 1764; d. 1778. [will Rev. John White, Holme, Norfolk, proved PCC 3 Feb 1778]

WHITE, JOHN, brother of Samuel White (qv); bapt. St. Margaret, Westminster 16 Nov 1682; adm.; KS 1696; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1700, matr. 25 Jun 1700, aged 17, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1700 – void 1721, Tutor 1705-21, Senior Censor 1712-9; BA 1704; admonished by Christ Church authorities for assault 10 Jan 1707; MA 1707; Proctor 1716; a friend of the Oxford antiquary Thomas Hearne, who mentions the excellence of his sermons; adm. Inner Temple 28 Nov 1700; ordained deacon 23 May 1708, priest 20 Dec 1713 (both Oxford); Rector of Upham, Hampshire 1720 (still 1736).

WHITE, JOHN PETRE; b.; adm. 1 Mar 1800; in school list 1801. [note will John Peter White, Liverpool, proved PCC 29 Apr 1839]

WHITE, JOHN HOLT, son of George White, Newington House, Oxfordshire, Clerk, Committee of Privileges and Elections, House of Commons, and Elizabeth Mary ---; bapt. 30 Jan 1789; adm. 23 Jan 1803; in school lists May and Oct 1803; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1806; Cornet, 1st Light Cavalry 1 Aug 1807; Lieut., 1 Sep 1818; Capt., 14 Apr 1822; 10th Light Cavalry 13 May 1825; invalided in India 25 Dec 1831; ret. in England 25 Jan 1833; m. 1st, at Benares, India 31 May 1821 Mary Satterthwaite; m. 2nd, at Madras, India, 9 Mar 1832 Eliza, widow of Thomas Luxmoore, Surgeon, EICS Bengal, also widow of --- Perrot, Lucknow, India; d. 27 Jan 1854.

WHITE, HANCHETT, son of Fuller White, and Mary --- (IGI); bapt. St. John, Smith Square, Westminster 23 Apr 1738 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Jun 1746; left 1751.

WHITE, GILBERT, third son of Sir Sampson White, Kt, draper, Mayor of Oxford, and Mary, dau. of Richard Soper, East Oakley, Hampshire; b. 15 Feb 1650; adm.; KS 1666; St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, matr. 10 Jul 1668; migrated to Magdalen Coll., demy 1668-72; BA 1672; MA 6 Feb 1674/5; Fellow, Magdalen Coll. 1672-81; ordained priest (Oxford) 26 May 1678; Rector of Brandeston, Norfolk 14 Jun 1680; Rector of Selborne, Hampshire, from 14 Mar 1680/1; m. Rebecca Luckin, Nore Hill, Newton Valence, Hampshire; d. 13 Feb 1727/8.

WHITE, GEORGE TOWRY, son of William Archibald Armstrong White (qv); b. 14 Mar 1814; adm. 16 Jan 1824; KS 1827; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1831, adm. pens. 26 May 1831, scholar 1832; 18th Wrangler 1835; BA 1835; MA 1838; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Feb 1835, called to bar 19 Nov 1838; m. 14 Aug 1848 Euphemia Anne, only dau. of Maj. Robert Williams Shirriff, Assistant Commissary-Gen., EICS Madras; d. 14 Dec 1867.

WHITE, FRANCIS, son of William Archibald Armstrong White (qv); b. 5 May 1803; adm. 17 Sep 1812; KS 1816; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1820, adm. pens. 18 May 1820, scholar 1821; BA 1824; MA 1827; Norrisian Prize 1826; ordained priest (Peterborough) 10 Jun 1827; Curate, Broughton, Northants 1836; d. 13 May 1876.

White, Francis Sheldon, son of Charles Francis White CBE MD DPH, Chief MO to the PLA, and Edith Celia, d. of Richard James Reynolds of Heaton Mersey, Lancs; b. 4 June 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (A); left July 1936; Exeter Coll. Oxf., matric. 1936; joined Air Ministry 1940, p. a. to the librarian 1953-8; d. Jan. 1998.

WHITE, FRANCIS SELLON, brother of William Archibald Armstrong White (qv); b. 22 Aug 1780; in school list 1795; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1800; Ensign, 4th Native Infantry 28 Nov 1801; Lieut., 30 Sep 1803; Brevet Capt., 6 Jan 1816; 4th Native Infantry 22 Jun 1816; ret. 6 Feb 1819; latterly of Kensington, Middlesex; author, A History of Inventions and Discoveries, 1827; m. 18 Nov 1818 Joanna, dau. of Charles Goldney Rees, Cross Hall, Chorley, Lancs., calico printer; d. 19 Jul 1850.