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.

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.

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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, son of John White, London; b.; adm. 6 Jun 1774; KS (aged 13) 1775; Writer, EICS Bengal 1778; arrived in India 14 Jul 1778; Assistant in Secretary’s Office, General Dept., 1779; Sub-Secretary and Sub-Accountant to Commissioner of Customs 1782; attended OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); Junior Merchant, Deputy Secretary, Public Dept., and Remembrancer in Criminal Courts 1788; Sub-Secretary, Public Dept., and member, Supreme Council 1790; Second Judge of Provincial Court of Appeal and Circuit, Calcutta; res. from EICS 1801 [check]; one of donors of Warren Hastings Cup; m. in Bengal, India (IGI) 4 Nov 1784 Matilda Denton.