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White, Michael, 1790-1868
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1790-1868
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WHITE, SIR MICHAEL, brother of Robert White (in school list 1801, qv); bapt. Crowan, Cornwall 12 Oct 1790 (IGI); in school lists 1801, May and Oct 1803; Cornet, 24th Light Dragoons 15 Aug 1804; Lieut., 14 May 1805; Capt., 7 Nov 1815; 11th Light Dragoons 25 Dec 1819; Maj., 3rd Dragoons 4 Jan 1839; Lieut. -Col., 13 Dec 1839; Col. in the Army and ADC to Queen Victoria 3 Apr 1846; Major-Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Col., 7th Light Dragoons, from 26 Aug 1858; Lieut. -Gen., 31 Aug 1860; served in India 1809-17; took part in Mahratta campaign 1817-8 and in siege and capture of Bhurtpur 1825-6; commanded the cavalry throughout the Afghan campaign of 1842; served in the Sikh wars of 1845-6 and 1848-9; wounded at battle of Ferozshah 21 Dec 1845; CB 29 Dec 1842; KCB 10 Nov 1862; m. 3 May 1815 Anne, dau. of Maj. James Mylne, 24th Light Dragoons; d. 27 Jan 1868. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.