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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, Ernest Frederick Anselm Farren, son of William Ernest Crabtree White LLD, solicitor, of Ealing, and Alice, d. of Frederick D'Olbert Bullock, Judge of the High Court Lahore; b. 24 Dec. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (KS); left July 1929; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1929, BA 1933; has assumed the additional Christian name of Anselm; adm. a solicitor Feb. 1937; 2nd Lieut. Rov. Signals (TA) July 1937, transf. Tower Hamlets Rifles July 1938 (Lieut.), reverted Roy. Signals Feb. 1942; d. 1970.

WHITE, CHARLES, son of Fitzwilliam White, Louth, Lincs., and his first wife Mary ---; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1743 (Bourne's); left 1745; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Aug 1748, but did not matr.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Jul 1746, called to bar 6 Feb 1752; of The Close, Lincoln; m. 1774 Jane, sister of Sir Francis Bernard, Bart. (qv); d. 7 Feb 1810, said in GM to have been aged 83. [will proved PCC 2 Mar 1810]

WHITE, BLAZE, “cler. fil. ” (i. e. son of a Church of England clergyman); b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1648, matr. 13 Mar 1650/1, Westminster Student; BA 26 Feb 1651/2; MA 1654; ordained; Rector of St. George’s, Canterbury, Kent 7 May 1661-6; Minor Canon of Canterbury (by 1662); Rector of Stonar, Isle of Thanet, from 15 Aug 1663; a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal 14 Mar 1663/4 – 10 Jul 1675 (still priest there 1691); Vicar Choral, Lichfield Cathedral; m. 1st, 6 May 1662 Susanna Wright, widow; m. 2nd, 27 Jun 1665 Anne, dau. of William Burges, Westminster; d. 24 Feb 1699, aged 69.

White, Alfred; b. Jan. 18, 1883; adm. Jan. 21, 1897 (A); left July 1897; served in Great War I; Capt. 4th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Nov. 30, 1909; temp. Lieut.-Col. Oct. 12, 1916.

WHITAKER, JOHN AYTON, second son of Rev. Thomas Wright Whitaker, Rector of Stanton-by-Bridge, Derbs., Prebendary of Lichfield, and Anna Patteson --- (IGI); b. 29 Nov 1833; adm. 3 Feb 1848 (G); St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jun 1853; BA 1856; MA 1860; ordained deacon 1857, priest 1858; Curate, Idridgehay, Derbs., Graveley, Herts., 1870-2, Burwash, Sussex 1872-5; Perpetual Curate of Great Bricet, Suffolk 1875-86; Rector of Breadsall, Derbs., from 1886; m. 30 Oct 1872 Hannah, youngest dau. of Rev. Richardson Cox, Vicar of Ticknall, Derbs.; d. 26 Feb 1919.

Whitaker, Harold Thomas, second son of John and Harriette Whitaker, of Hampstead, by the daughter of Donald Nicoll, M.P., of Kilburn; b. April 19, 1870; adm. as Q.S. June 12, 1884; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon., July 1889, matric. Oct. 11, 1889; B.A. 1895; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn Nov. 17, 1896; entered Barclay's Bank as a local director at Oxford 1927; director in Paris 1923-34; m. Dec. 1902 Mary Adelina, daughter of George Baird, of St. Petersburg; d. June 5, 1959.

WHITAKER, FREDERICK ALEXANDER, eldest son of Sir Frederick Whitaker KCMG, Auckland, New Zealand, Prime Minister and Attorney-Gen. of New Zealand, solicitor, and Jane Augusta Griffiths (IGI); b. 1 Mar 1847; at Marlborough Coll. 1860-1; adm. 23 Jan 1862 (G); left Aug 1864; adm. Gray’s Inn 19 Nov 1864; migr. to Inner Temple 17 Apr 1868, called to bar 30 Apr 1868; of Auckland, New Zealand; m. 30 Sep 1879 Catherine Cox (IGI); d. 9 Jun 1887.

WHITAKER, EDWARD WRIGHT, brother of John Ayton Whitaker (qv); b. 1 Jul 1839; adm. 10 Jun 1852 (G); QS 1854; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1858, matr. 27 May 1858, Westminster Student (one of the last three Westminster Students elected under the old system); BA 1863; MA 1865; ordained deacon 1864, priest 1866 (both Oxford); Curate, Croft, Yorks., 1865, Stanton-by-Bridge with Swarkeston, Derbs., 1866-8; Rector of Stanton-by-Bridge with Swarkeston, Derbs., from 1868; m. Cecilia E. ---; d. 22 Apr 1881.

WHISTON, PHILIP HENRY, youngest son of Rev. Robert Whiston, Head Master, Cathedral School, Rochester, Kent, and Ellen, dau. of Richard Wedd MRCS LSA, Ripple, Kent, medical practitioner; b. 16 Jan 1864; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (R); left May 1881; St. Thomas’s Hospital; LRCP MRCS 1887; DPH 1891; Army Surgeon 29 Jul 1890; Surgeon-Maj., 29 Jul 1902; ret. 28 Jan 1911; re-employed 1914; Brevet Col., 3 Jun 1919; served in expedition to Dongola 1896, Nile expedition 1897-8 and First World War; mentioned in despatches LG 3 Nov 1896, 30 Sep 1898, 17 Sep 1917; m. 4 Feb 1907 Florence Adelaide, widow of J. W. Flood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and dau. of Hon. John Bligh Sutton, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, farmer and member New South Wales Legislative Council.