5/23 Edward Athenry Whyte
1773-1843

Schoolmaster of Dublin

Son of Samuel and Ann Whyte













 		Portrait of Edward Athenry Whyte













Age Source


Born about 1773, probably in Dublin (from age at death and burial)
B, C


Married Anchoretta Freeman in 1792 (probably Sept) by Killaloe licence
19 IRD,INA3


Father of Samuel Solomon 1795 in Ireland (from census)
22 D5a, C



Anchoretta (Chora) c.1796 (from age at death) 23 D5a , A9, B



Martha Ann (Patty) c.1798 (from age at death)
25 D5a, B



Maria 4/12 (before 1810) say 1801?

D5a



William John 1805 in Ireland (from census)
32 D5a, C



Charitie (Chery) 1810 (from age at death)

D5a, B



Elizabeth (Bessy) 1814 in Ireland (from census) 41 D5a , A9, C


Died 6th June 1843 at 25 Torrington Square, London, age 70
70 B


Buried 12 June 1843 at St George's Bloomsbury Way, age 71
71 I2








1787 July He accompanied his father to London via Liverpool. They went on a sightseeing boat trip to see Chester at dusk (page 204)
14 BM75
1788 His mother bequeathed him half her father Francis Taverner's bequest to her
15 D5
1792-1824 Schoolmaster of Grafton Street, Dublin 19-51
1792 He collected and published his father Samuel's literary works. Four editions were printed (DNB Samuel Whyte)
19 G71
1792 Aug. On his marriage his father settled the house at 75 (now 79) Grafton Street on him (deed 300512)
19 IRD
1795 The third edition of his father's poems was printed in Dublin
22 BM75
1797 He published the syllabus of a course of lectures in Experimental Philosophy
24 BOD
1805 A lecturer in natural philosophy (i.e. science) and Principal of the English Grammar School, 75 Grafton Street
32 G7
1811 The schoolrooms were in Johnston's Court off Grafton Street (pp.199-210)
38 G78, D5
1811-1824 He conducted his father's school at 75 Grafton Street (DNB Samuel Whyte) 38-51 G71
1812-1815 English & Classical Academy, 79 Grafton Street 39-42 INA7
1824 He closed the school and moved to London (DNB Samuel Whyte)
51 G71
1825 Leased 79 Grafton Street to Henry Bingham for £550 and £108 per annum
52 IRD
1825 Leased the schoolrooms in Johnson's Court to Abraham Mason for £32 per annum (both leases recited in deed 1843 vol 5 no.156)
52 IRD
1827-1843 Gentleman of Torrington Square, Bloomsbury, London 54-70
1827 Of Torrington Square, St George's Bloomsbury. His wife Anchoretta died
54 PL4
1828 Occupied a new house at 25 Torrington Square, London. Rateable value £70
55 PL20
1834 Occupier of 25 Torrington Square, owner John Copeland. Rateable value £76
61 PL20
1836 He gave the family bible to his daughter Maria on her wedding day. He was a witness to the marriage Edward Athenry Whyte's signature in 1836

63 A9/97
1841 Resident at Torrington Square with his daughter Elizabeth and one servant
66 C
1842 He was resident at 25 Torrington Square
69 G7
1843 Occupier of 25 Torrington Square. Rateable value £76
70 PL20
1843 Mar. His will left £2000 to each of his unmarried daughters and £300 to each of his seven children. He had a leasehold house in Grafton Street, Dublin, rooms in Johnsons Court, Dublin, nos 1, 2 & 3 Charlotte Street Dublin and a piece of ground between Charlotte Street and Harcourt Street upon which there had been a house. He left the property in Summerhill Kings County, formerly his wife's, to his daughters. He left £10 each to several religious and temperance charities and £5 to each of his servants. He also listed 21 pictures that he willed to his children to remain in the family
70 D5, D5a

He possessed 'large landed estates' (Gents Mag 1843 part 1 p.104)
70 G64
1843 June A Gentleman of 25 Torrington Square, Bloomsbury, London (death cert.)
70 B
1843 His will was proved 23 June at PCC. Estate under £25,000

D5, D5a















Wife 5/24 Anchoretta Freeman 1775-1827, Daughter of Francis and Anchoretta Freeman







1803 Oct. She had rights to a house and land called Summerhill in Kings County, Ireland, by virtue of a deed of settlement of her father Francis Freeman (husband's will and deed 376592)

D5, IRD
1811 She was bequeathed a watch by her father in law Samuel Whyte
36 D5
1827 15 Aug. She died of consumption age 52 (memorial at St George's)
52 PL4, I2
1827 23 Aug. Buried at St George's burying ground, Bloomsbury

D5, I2

(No will found at PCC)

D5








5/23 Edward Athenry Whyte (continued)





Age Source




A Son Samuel Solomon 1795-1864 Farmer of Devon. A Nonconformist



Married Mary Ann Calrow 8 Nov 1826 at St John Hackney by licence (licence not found), witnessed by his brother William John Whyte

I2

Father of Mary Freeman 1828 Oct 29 at Torrington, Devon, baptised 17 Nov at Great Meeting Independent, Bideford
33 C, Anc2


Edward Athenry 1830 Sept 29 at Torrington, bap Bideford
35 F5,Anc2


Harriet 1832 Aug 23 at Torrington, bap Bideford
37 F5, E2


Anchoretta 1835 at South Tawton, Devon, bapt at Cross Street Independent, Barnstaple
40 F5, E2


Martha Ann 1837 at South Tawton, Devon
42 F5, C


Maria 1839 at South Tawton, Devon
44 C
1828-1841 A farmer of Smytham in the parish of Torrington then South Tawton, Devon 33-46 E2, C
1841 A farmer of Westweek, South Tawton, with his wife and six children
46 C
1843 Feb. Of South Tawton, Devon, Esq (deed 1843 vol 5 no.156)
48 IRD
1843 Mar. He was bequeathed leasehold houses in Grafton Street, Johnson's Court and Charlotte Street, Dublin, by his father. Value £1051 18s 6d
48 D5a
1843 June Of independent fortune, residing at Maidenhead, Berks (London Evening Standard 9 June p.4)
48 H61
1851 Superannuitant of 10 Mortimer Road Hackney, with six children and a servant
56 C
1859-1861 A gentleman of Roxley House, Willan near Hitchin, Herts 64-66 F5, C
1861 Apr. His wife Mary Ann was visiting her daughter Anchoretta Harry in Wales

C
1861 Dec. Of 4 Holland Terrace, Kensington. Executor of 4/11James Cahill's will
66 INA5,F5
1864 Of 14 Holland Terrace, Holland Rd, Kensington
69 F5
1864 Mar. Died 5 March in an omnibus in the Haymarket, London
69 E2, F5
1864 Mar. Buried 12 March at Brompton Cemetery

E2
1864 May Probate was granted to his widow Mary Ann Whyte. Estate under £7,000

F5
1874 His wife Mary Ann died age 77 (reg. Q4 Hackney). Her will was proved in Nov

B, F5






Samuel's daughter Mary Freeman Whyte 1828-1906, Governess, spinster




1851 A proprietor of houses, with her father at 10 Mortimer Road, Hackney
22 C


1861 A governess in Willan, Hertfordshire, next door to her father's house
31 C


1881 'Independent', staying with her sister Anchoretta in Islington
51 C


1891 Visiting Eliza Capper at 54 Shooters Hill Road, Plumstead
60 C


1901 Living on own means at a lodging house at 61 West Parade, Rhyl
70 C


1906 Died 18 Feb age 77 (reg. Q1 St Asaph). Of West Parade, Rhyl North Wales. Probate 9 Apr to Marmaduke Capper Matthews. Effects £492
77 B, F5, D5a

Samuel's son Edward Athenry Whyte 1830-1910, Accountant

F5, A13


1851 'In the Atlas Insurance Office', with his father at 10 Mortimer Road
20 C


1854 Married 1 Louisa Gambles (reg. Q4 Lincoln)
24 F5, B


Edward's son Rev. Richard Athenry Whyte, born 1855 (Q4 Islington)
25 F5,B,C



1861 staying with his grandfather at Roxley House, Willan

C



1885 Married Margaret Elizabeth Lewis (Q3 Lewisham)

F5, B



1898 In Australia (will of aunt Mary Freeman Whyte)

F5



1917 Died in Dec at Lismore NSW. Will proved Feb 1919.

F5


Edward's son Samuel Whyte, born 1856 (reg. Q4 Islington)
26 B



A printer. Died Oct 1881 in Strathroy Canada. Will proved in London May 1882

F5


Edwards's son Herbert Athenry Whyte, born 1858
28 B




Died 1858 at Islington age 5 months,

I2



Buried at St James, St Pancras

I2


Married 2 Mary Ann

A13


Had several children in Canada

A13


Died 20 Sept 1910 at Strathroy, Canada. Admon Feb 1911 in London
80 F5

Samuel's daughter Harriet Whyte 1832-1909




1861 Married William Pring, a widower age c.42, at Willan, Herts (reg. Q2)
29 F5, B


Mother of Harriet Bemcombe Pring Q2 1863, Maria Whyte Pring Q1 1865 and Fanny Pring Q1 1869 at Mold, Flintshire 32-37 C, B


1871-1881 With her husband William, a bookseller and stationer, at The Mount or Montalle? Cottage, Mold, Flintshire, North Wales 39-49 C


1891 Harriet was with her daughter Harriet Doe and her husband George Mark Doe at Great Torrington, Devon. Husband William was living on own means, with their two daughters at The Mount, Mold
59 C


1899 William Pring died 21 May age 80 at Mold. Will proved 3 Aug
67 F5, B


1901 Harriet was a widow living on own means with her daughter Harriet Doe and husband George Mark Doe at Great Torrington, Devon
69 C


1909 Harriet died 24 March at Bideford, Devon age 76. Will proved 16 Sept
76 F5, B

Samuel's daughter Anchoretta Whyte 1835-1896




1858 In the Oct 2 edition of Notes and Queries, Varlov ap Harry (apparently Wardlow Harry of Wales) asked if anyone could provide information on the ancestry of Captain Solomon Whyte (ancestor of his future bride) (p.266). There are no obvious replies in subsequent editions

H62


1860 Married Rev. William Wardlow Harry at Willan, Herts (Q2 Hitchin)
24 D5a, B


1861 With her husband William and her mother in Leeswood, Flintshire
26 C


Mother of Eva Mary Harry Q2 1861, Wardlow Athenry Harry Q1 1863, Ethel Anchoretta Harry Q3 1865 and Florence Muriel Harry Q2 1867, in Mold, Flintshire 26-32 B, C


1871 Of 17 Manchester Road, Nether Knutsford, Cheshire
35 C


Mother of Cecil Whyte Harry Q1 1872 and William Wardlow Harry Q2 1876 at Nether Knutsford, Cheshire 36-40 B, C


1876 Of Junction Rd, Upper Holloway, Middx. Husband William died in Jan at Knutsford, Cheshire. Admon granted in Aug to widow Anchoretta
40 F5


1881 Of 113 Tufnell Park Road, Islington, with three sons and sister Mary
46 C


1891 Living on own means at Orleans Road, Islington with three children
56 C


1896 Died 28 March at Hornsey, Middx (reg. Q1 Edmonton). Admon granted in June to Cecil W Harry, bank clerk
60 D5a, B, F5


1927 William Wardlow Harry, bachelor without parent, died 17 Sept at Barton Stacey Hants age 52. Admon 3 Nov to Wardlow Athenry Harry

B, F5

Samuel's daughter Martha Ann 1837-1897




1861 Visiting George Gupther and family at 2 Vorley Villas, Islington
23 C


1865 Married 1 Horatio Calrow (reg. Q3 Kensington)
28 B


1867 Mother of Mabel Beatrice Calrow (reg. Q1 Epsom)
30 B


1873 Married 2 Marmaduke Capper Mathews (reg. Q2 Epsom)
36 D5a, B


1875 Mother of Constance Irene Mathews (reg. Q2 Hackney)
38 C, B


Mother of Emily Stella Mathews Q1 1877 and Gwendoline Mathews Q2 1878 in Blackheath 40,41 C, B


1881 With her husband Marmaduke, a solicitor, and their family at Roxburghe, Vanburgh Park Road, Greenwich
44 C


1891 With her husband Marmaduke lodging at Carlisle Place, Hastings
54 C


1897 Died age 59 (reg. Q3 Woolwich)
59 D5a, B


1906 Mary Freeman Whyte bequeathed a painting of Solomon Whyte to Gwendoline Mathews

F5

Samuel's daughter Maria 1839-1888




1861 With her father Samuel at Willan, Herts
22 C


1868 Married George Coyte (registered Q4 Kensington)
29 D5a, B


1868-1876 Apparently had no children

B


1881 With her husband George, an 'average adjuster' and three servants at 23 Fairfax Road, Hampstead
42 C


1888 Died 4 May (reg. Q2 Hampstead). Will proved 2 May 1896
49 B, F5


1909 Husband George died 18 June. Will proved at London 19 Aug

F5










B Daughter Anchoretta Whyte c.1796-1859







1843 Feb. A spinster of Clifton, Co. Gloucester (deed 1843 vol 5 no.156)
47 IRD
1851 Possibly a 'landed proprietor' of 55 Carlton Place, Tonbridge. Unmarried
40? C
1859 Of 50 Torrington Square, London. Unmarried
63 F5
1859 Nov. Died 16 Nov at Torrington Square age 63 (Reg. Dec 59 St Giles)
63 F5, B
1859 Nov. Buried 19 Nov at Camden (Deceased online)

ww
1859 Dec. Administration was granted 28 Dec at Principal Registry to her brother Samuel Solomon. Estate under £1,500

F5










C Daughter Martha Ann (Patty) Whyte c.1798-1859







1843 Feb. A spinster of Torrington Square, Middlesex (deed 1843 vol 5 no.156)
45 IRD
c.1845 She came to Crinkin, Ireland, to look after her sister 4/12 Maria Cahill's family after Maria died
47 A13
1859 June A spinster, late of Crinkin near Bray, Ireland. She bequeathed money and annuities as well as books, china and other effects to her brothers, sisters and children of her late sister Maria Cahill
61 F5
1859 Aug. Died 4 Aug at Roxley House, Willan near Hitchin, Herts (her brother Samuel Solomon's house) age 61 (reg. Q3 Hitchin)
61 F5, B
1859 Dec. Her will was proved 6 Dec at Principal Registry. Probate was granted to her brothers Samuel Solomon and William John. Estate under £200

F5











5/23 Edward Athenry Whyte (continued)





Age Source
E Son William John 1805-1873 Solicitor of London



Photograph in A.R. Marsh's collection

A9
1834 Of Euston Square and Lincoln's Inn. Married 1 Emily Faulconer 9 July at Newhaven, Sussex by Faculty Office licence (several announcements including Dublin Evening Packet 15 July p.3)
29 PL4, C, fmp3, H61

Father of Emily McGregor 1835 May 2 at Euston Square (Morning Chronicle, London 6 May p.4)
31 PL4, C, H61


William Athenry 1838 May 31 at Bloomsbury Square (baptised at St George Bloomsbury)
33 H61, WL2


Anchoretta 1840, bapt 16 July at St John the Baptist, Eltham, Greenwich
35 I2


Henry 1841 Aug 9 at Vernon Place Bloomsbury, bapt St George Bloomsbury
36 I2
1835 Sept His solicitors' partnership with Thomas Faulconer was dissolved (Evening Chronicle, London 19 Sept p.1)
30 H61
1836 Solicitor of 52 Lincolns Inn Fields, Middlesex (deed 1836 vol 5 no.205)
31 IRD
1841 Solicitor of Mottingham Lane, Eltham, Kent with his wife and three children
36 C
1841-1845 A solicitor of 1 Vernon Place, Bloomsbury Square, London 36- 40 D5a,H61
1842 His father assigned the benefit of leases in Ireland to him (1843 vol 5 no.156)
37 IRD
1842 His wife Emily died 9 Nov age 28 (memorial at St George's Bloomsbury)
37 PL4, B
1844 Married 2 Abigail Cohen 21 May at St Marylebone
39 C, WL2

Father of Charles Albert 1845 Feb 15 at Vernon Place, baptised at St George Blooomsbury
40 C, I2, H61


Grace Alice Eliz. (died 1852 age 4yr 11m at Russel Squ)

B, H61
1851-1861 Solicitor of 61 Russell Square, Bloomsbury (census, father's death duty) 46-56 C, D5a
1868 Of 27 Bedford Row, London (father's death duty)
63 D5a
1871-1873 Of 19 Norfolk Crescent, Hyde Park, London (census, his will) 66-68 C, F5
1872 His wife Abigail probably died age 61 (registered Q4 Kensington)
67 B
1873 He died 20 Aug at Pontresina, Engardine, Switzerland age 68 (London Evening Standard 29 Aug p.7)
68 F5, H61
1873 His will was proved 3 Nov by Charles Stein. Estate under £12,000

F5
1873 Whyte, Collinson & Pritchard, solicitors, 27 Bedford Row

F5
1883 William Collison of London, solicitor, partner of the late William J. Whyte

F5
1886 Whyte & Co of 27 Bedford Row, solicitors (Edward Athenry Whyte death duty)

D5a






William's 1st Daughter Emily Macgregor Whyte 1836-1930




1861 Married Charles Stein, solicitor, 17 July at St George Bloomsbury
25 I2, F5


Mother of Alice Elizabeth Stein Q3 1863, Mabel Stein Q2 1866, Emily Mary Stein Q2 1869 (died 1928) & Henry Walter Stein Q3 1871, all Dover 28-35 B, C


1871 With her husband Charles, a banker, at 1 Camden Crescent, Dover
35 C


1881 Living at The Grange, Siberswold, Dover, with four children and four servants
45 C


1889 Husband Charles died 25 Oct, bur. St James Dover. Will proved Dec
53 anc2, F5


1891 A widow living on own means, with four children at 3 Oppidaus Road, Hampstead. Her son Henry W was a solicitor's articled clerk
55 C


1901 With 3 daughters and 2 servants at 161 Adelaide Road, Hampstead
65 C


1930 Died age 95 (registered Q2 Hampstead)
95 B

William's 1st Son William Athenry Whyte 1838-1887, Stock Jobber & Reverend
F5, A13


A Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society

BM79


1869-1870 He travelled overland from Canton to St Petersburg (A Land Journey from Asia to Europe by WA Whyte, 1871)
31 BM79


1870 Married Ellen Elizabeth Welch of St Johns Paddington, a minor with consent, 26 July at St Luke Chelsea by licence (not found) (reg Chelsea)
32 B, I2


Father of Grace Emily 1871 Q1 in Teddington (married WH Stranger, from his mother's will)
33 B, C, F5



John Athenry 1872 Q2 St Pancras (of Auburn NSW)

B, A13



Marion Julia 1873 Q4 Croydon (1912 spinster of NSW)

B, A13



Dora Anchoretta 1875 Q1 Croydon (died Q4 1877 age 2)

B, B



Beatrice Lilian 1876 Q3 Croydon (died before 1912 in Sydney NSW Australia)

B, A13



William Mark Falcon (of Glen Innes NSW)(mother's will)

F5


1871 An East India and China merchant, visiting sister Emily Stein in Dover
33 C


1883 He was living in New Zealand (will of Charitie Hardman)
45 F5


1887 Died 4 Oct at Newton, Sydney, NSW. Admon in London Feb 1902
49 F5


1913 Wife Ellen Elizabeth died in Aug. Will proved in London Jan 1914

F5

William's 2nd Daughter Anchoretta Whyte 1840-1924

F5


1861 With her parents in Bloomsbury
20 C


1891 Living on own means, lodging at Kingswear, Devon
50 C


1901 A 'deaconess' boarding at 9/10 Newington Green, Mildmay, Islington
60 C


1919-1922 Of Islington 79-82 Anc10


1924 Died 14 Dec. Of Deaconess House, Mildmay Park, Middx. Probate 8 Jan 1925 to Henry Walter Stein
84 F5

William's son Captain Henry Whyte 1841-1876, Lieut. Indian Army

F5, E43


1859-1860 At Addiscombe Military College 18-19 E43


1863-1875 An Ensign, Lieutenant then Captain in the Indian Army 22-34 E43


1871 With his parents at Norfolk Crescent, London
30 C


1871 Of the 14th regiment, Madras Native Infantry. Married Sidney Charlotte Hamilton, 25 Oct at Moyglane, Co Meath (Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 22 Nov p.22, and others)
30 H61, C


Father of Sydney Grace, 1872 Croydon or 1877 India (d. 2/2/1910)
31 E43, C



Lizzie Hester 27 July 1874 in India
33 E43, C



Eva Anchoretta, 1875 Croydon or 1873 Burma (died 1943)
34 E43, C


1876 Died 5 Nov at Vellore, India (85 miles west of Madras)
35 E43


1881 Wife Sidney C, widow, at Gt Malvern with 3 daughters and 3 sisters

C

William 's son Charles Albert Whyte 1845-1905, Stockbroker

F5


1861-1871 With his parents in Bloomsbury and at Norfolk Crescent 16-26 C


1874 Married Kate Coulson 25 Oct at St George Hanover Square
29 WL2, B


Father of Charles Athenry Jukes, 1875 in Marylebone (Q4 Kensington)
30 B, C



Harold, 1877 (reg. Q1 Marylebone)
32 B, C



Gerald Humphrey, 1878 in Paddington (reg. Q3 Kensington)
34 B, C



Archibald, 1879 in Paddington (reg. Q4 Kensington)
35 B, C



Olive Anchoretta, 1882 (reg. Q1 Kensington)
37 B


1881 A member of the Stock Exchange, living at Westbourne Terrace, Paddington with his wife and four children, two nurses and three servants
36 C


1882-1893 Of 144 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington 37-48 Anc10


1894-1904 Of 18 Stanley Gardens, Kensington 49-59 Anc10


1891 Member of Stock Exchange, staying at Gt. Western hotel, Paddington
46 C


1901 Stockbroker, at Royal Pavilion hotel, Folkestone with daughter Olive
56 C


1905 Died 27 Jan at Kensington Park, Middx. Probate 4 Mar to widow Kate
60 F5


1917 Wife Kate died 1 Sept. Admon 6 Aug 1921

F5



Charles' son Charles Athenry Jukes Whyte 1875-1949





1910 Married Grace Pettitt (age 24) (registered Q4 Staines)
34 B, C



1911 A dealer on the London Stock Exchange, of Richmond
35 C



1921-1938 Of the City of London 46-63 Anc10



1949 Died age 73 (registered Q1 Surrey North)
73 B



Charles' daughter Olive Anchoretta Whyte 1882-





1911 With her mother and brother Archibald at 5 Muthesdon Rd, West Kensington
29 C



1922-1939 Of Westminster then Spelthorne, Middx 40-57 Anc10







5/23 Edward Athenry Whyte (continued)





Age Source
F Daughter Charitie Whyte 1810-1888







1837 Married John Hardman 31 Aug at St George Bloomsbury by Faculty Office licence. Witnesses Edward Athenry and Martha Ann Whyte
27 I2, fmp3

They had children (not found 1837-1850 in GRO registers)

A13/5,B
1844 May John Hardman was an Excise Officer of Vernon Place, Bloomsbury Square. His will bequeathed everything to his wife Charity
34 F5
1865 Of Hatch Street, Dublin (will of Samuel Eustace Magan)
55 F5
1868 Her husband John died 20 Apr at 7 Hatch Street, Dublin, age 63. His will was proved 25 May at Principal Registry London
58 F5, B
1883 Dec. Formerly of 54 Harcourt Street, Dublin, she was now residing at 7 Prince of Wales Terrace, Bray, County Wicklow. Her will bequeathed money to the daughters of her late sister 4/12 Maria Cahill, and her brothers and sisters
73 F5
1888 Died on or about 11 May age 78 (registered Rathdown). Of 8 Prince of Wales Terrace, Bray, Ireland
78 F5, B
1888 Her will was proved 31 May at Principal Registry Dublin and 12 June at Principal Registry England. Probate granted to Townley William Hardman of Abeline, County Dublin. Estate £2,629 (in England £1,647)

F5










G Daughter Elizabeth Whyte 1814-1886







1814 Born in Ireland

C
1841 She was with her father at Torrington Square, London
27 C
1843 Feb A spinster of Torrington Square, Middlesex (deed 1843 vol 5 no.156)
29 IRD
1843 Oct Married Montague Ormsby Cooper Esq, a solicitor of 8 Great James Street, Bedford Row, son of Leonard Cooper of the Madras Army, 9 Oct at St George Bloomsbury by Vicar General licence, witnesses Samuel Solomon Whyte, John Hardman
29 I2, fmp3, ZZ64
1845 Mother of Edward Alexander Cooper Q2 in Holborn
31 C, B
1847 Mother of Catherine Harriett Cooper Q2 in Holborn
33 C, B
In 1847 They moved to the island of Jersey (from her will)
33 F5
1850 Her husband Montague died 16 Feb age 37 and was buried 20 Feb at St Saviour
36 Anc2
1851 She was a widow, a landed proprietor at Caesarea Cottage, St Helier, Jersey, with two children and a servant
37 C
1858 Her daughter Catherine died and was buried at St Saviour
44 Anc2
1861 A landed proprietor at Caesarean Cottage with her son Edward and two servants
47 C
1863 Her son Edward died and was buried at St Saviour
49 Anc2
1871-1881 An annuitant of 5 Salvandy Terrace, St Helier, Jersey 57-67 C
1880 Aug. Widow of 5 Salvandy Terrace, St Helier, Jersey 'in which island I have resided 33 years'. She willed to be buried at St Saviour with her husband and children. She bequeathed money and specific items to her sister, nephew and ten nieces
66 F5
1886 Died 30 March at 5 Salvandy Terrace, St Helier
72 D5a, F5
1886 Her will was proved 30 April at Principal Registry by William Collinson of 27 Bedford Row. Personal effects £1,758 16s
F5

She had no surviving children

D5a














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6/45 Samuel Whyte

1733-1811

Schoolmaster, Author, Poet & Dramatist of Dublin

Son of Captain Solomon Whyte

































 		Samuel Whyte's portrait in the frontispiece of one of his books









Age Source


He was born in 1733 on shipboard approaching the Mersey
G71


1734 was 'the year of his birth' (Poems p.335)
BM75


Married Ann Taverner 28 Sept 1757 at Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminster, by banns. They both signed the register

Samuel Whyte's signature on the marriage register 1757

24 WL2


Father of Samuel 1759 14/3, bapt 31/5 St Martin in Fields
26 WL2



Martha Ann (Patty) 1768 (from likely age at death)
35 I2



Edward Athenry 5/23 2nd son, 1773 in Ireland
40 G71,B,C


Died 4 or 11 Oct 1811 at 75 Grafton Street, Dublin
78 A9/95
















1733-1740s Living in Liverpool


1733 He was born aboard a ferry from Ireland to Liverpool. Liverpool was the first land he touched. His mother died in childbirth

G71
1730s The 'happy scene of his childhood' was near St Peter's Church in Liverpool (p.204)
BM75

He may have been sent to the care of his aunt Catherine and her husband James Eury/Eyre. A James Eyre was a glover of Dale Street Liverpool in 1715 and the family was still in St Peter’s parish in the 1730s

JVS, LVL2
1740s? He went to school first in Liverpool then was a boarder in Samuel Edwards' Academy in Golden Lane, Dublin
G71
1740s-1754 Living in Dublin


1747 His father died. He left nothing to Samuel in his will
14 H5,92
1750 On Sept 6 he published 'Epistle 1, The Reply Contemptuous' which he described as 'the first effort of the author's pen'
17 BM75
1750 He was resident in Dublin. The will of his uncle Richard Whyte directed executors to purchase Samuel an Ensign's commission in such regiment as they think fit. He also bequeathed him a tortoise-shell snuff box with a gold rim and hinge, and some wearing apparel.
17 D5
1751 Nov. Gentleman of Golden Lane, Dublin. He witnessed a memorial of his father's will at the Deeds Registry in Dublin. His father's landed estates passed to his cousin Richard Chamberlain. He received a legacy of £500 (deed 100603)
18 IRD
1754 On reaching the age of 21, he became eligible to inherit any surplus from his uncle Richard's estate. He paid off his tuition debt in full to S. Edwards
21 D5, BM75
1754 Dec. On the 10th of December he landed at Parkgate on the Dee estuary from Ireland, 'greatly embarrassed in his finances'. He lost his remaining money when his pocket was picked on the New Ferry and he was obliged to walk to London. This expedition nearly cost him his life when, at Curdworth Bridge in Warwickshire, he was about to swim a flooded river when he was stopped by a waggoner, Thomas Spring, who took him to Coleshill. He wrote an elegy to Thomas Spring at the Swan Inn there (Poems p.333)
21 BM75
1754-1757 Living in London 21-24
1755 He was working for the London publisher H Slater. He and H Slater junior advertised for a business venture, a form of temp agency for servants
22 BM75
c.1756 He was staying in London with his cousin Richard Camberlaine and Thomas Sheridan. There is an anecdote that he critiqued Johnson's Dictionary not knowing Johnson was in the room (Miscellanea Nova p.50)
23 BM75
1757 In September he was of Saint Martin in the Fields parish, Westminster
24 WL2
1757-1811 Living in Dublin, with visits to London 24-78

Being left slenderly provided for he went to Ireland to adopt some plan for his future support. His first cousin Frances Chamberlain, novelist and dramatist and one of the "three literary graces" of the times, was wife of Thomas Sheridan. The Sheridans were very kind to Whyte - he called Mrs Sheridan "the friend and parent of my youth". Thomas Sheridan persuaded him to establish a school for instruction in the English language (BM ref. 612 e21)

BM76
1757 On the 6th of December Thomas Sheridan hired the Music Hall in Fishamble Street for a public breakfast, where by invitation many of the first of the land listened to him give an oration about education. The subscriptions raised that day amounted to nearly £1,000 and a governing body was formed called the Hibernian Society for the Improvement of Education (Misc Nova p.131)
24 BM75
1758 His wife Ann was apparently not very keen on Ireland when they first moved there, based on comments in letters from Frances Sheridan and Edmund Burton (Miscellanea Nova p.93)
25 BM75
1758 On Monday 3rd of April Samuel opened a 'seminary for the instruction of youth' at 75 (now 79) Grafton street in Dublin. Mrs Sheridan sent her three children there and persuaded her husband's sisters to do the same. Thus favoured Samuel was able to open his "English grammar school" with considerable éclat. On the opening of his school Mr Richard Chamberlain sent him a handsome tea chest with the inscription 'tu doces' (thou teachest) (Poems p.277, Miscellanea Nova p.51)
25 G71, BM75

He was proud of having had the famous Richard Brinsley Sheridan as a pupil. But in a footnote to the third edition of his poems (1795) he made a fanciful statement which is the origin of the myth about Sheridan and his brother being impenetrable dunces

BM75
1759 Jan. He was offered the professorship of English language at the Hibernian Academy, which opened on the 8th of January under the governorship of the Hibernian Society and which had been founded on the plan laid down by Thomas Sheridan. However, thinking that Sheridan had been unfairly overlooked, Samuel declined it and devoted his energies to his own school. Before many years the reputation of his Academy was such that he had the sons and daughters of the principal families in Ireland among his pupils (p.201)
26 G78
1759 May His son Samuel was born on the 14th of May and baptised on the 31st of May at St. Martin in the Fields. Presumably Ann had returned to London
26 WL2
1760 Master of the Seminary for English Grammar, Geography, etc. at Grafton Street
27 INA7
1761 His first work was a "Treatise on the English Language" which, though printed in 1761, was not published until 1800. He had also prepared two tragedies by this time, one with a part written expressly for Thomas Sheridan (pp.201, 206)
28 G78
1763 Mar.
 He bought the lease of a piece of ground 60ft by 386ft on the east side of the great road from Ravensport to Milltown in County Dublin from William Reed for £40 (deed 176793)
30
 IRD
1763 Dec. He leased a brick dwelling house in Grafton Street, newly built by Gustavus Hume, with a yard at the back with 40ft frontage on Johns Lane, for 999 years at £45 10s p/a (deed 148920)
30 IRD
1765 He extended the school and "at very great expense" furnished a commodious house and large schoolroom for boarders and day scholars from five years upwards. His residence was at 75 Grafton Street, the schoolrooms were just round the corner in Johnston's Court (ref. 1890 e5)
32 BM83
1765 Dec. On the night of 28 December he was attacked at his own door in Grafton Street. The fellow demanded money and attempted to stab him with a pair of shears, on which Mr Whyte knocked him down and disarmed him, by which time the Watch came up and secured him, and next day he was lodged in Newgate [Freemans Journal Dec 31 p.3]
32 BM61
1766 Aug. He possessed great physical strength. One night in August he was attacked by robbers on the way to his home. Not surprisingly the man who had disciplined the 'Iron Duke' had little difficulty in routing his attackers (The Guinness Saga, Vol XVI p.55)
33 IGL65
1766 When his friend and benefactor Thomas Sheridan ran into financial difficulties, Whyte (one of the principal creditors) presented a petition for the relief of debtors to the Irish House of Commons. Although it was signed only by himself, the other creditors refusing to assent, it was successful, being the only instance of a creditor petitioning the Legislature on behalf of his debtor that anyone could recall. This deprived the other creditors of the means of pursuing their claim, so they were very abusive to Whyte (pp.201-202)
33 G78
1768-1769 He and wife Ann apparently made several trips to England. They arrived back ‘in the Packet from Holyhead’ (Freemans Journal 1768 June 25 p.2, 1768 Oct 1 p.2, 1769 Aug 1 p.3)
35 BM61
1769
 He employed Thomas White as his usher (assistant teacher) (deed 176793)
36
 IRD
1769 June
 He had built two brick dwelling houses and made improvements to the piece of ground in County Dublin (bought in 1763). He conveyed the property to Richard Chamberlain 8/177CB and Thomas Burroughs as a provision for his wife and children should he predecease them (deed 176793)
36
 IRD
1770 Dec
 He published a list of his scholars at the English Grammar School who had ‘obtained premiums’ (Freemans Journal 1770 Dec 18)
37
 BM61
1771-1772 When his pupils performed the tragedy of 'Cato' at the Little Theatre in Capel Street for the entertainment of their private friends, the Marquis of Kildare suggested that the play should be staged for the public and the proceeds used for charity. Mr Stuart, an actor and a great oddity, clapped the Marquis on the shoulder with "a good move, my Lord". "Why, I think it is, Mr Stuart" replied Lord Kildare, with the sense and good humour of his natural character. So the tragedy of Cato was performed on the 2nd January 1772 at the Theatre Royal, Crow Street, by the young gentlemen of the English Grammar School, Grafton Street, and 'Master Whyte' (probably Samuel junior) played Cato. The receipts from the night, £262 5s 8d, procured the liberty of 80 poor debtors from the Marshalsea (pp.207-208)
38 G78

J. O'Keefe in his memoirs refers to plays by army officers which "took rise from Samuel Whyte's students getting up Cato at Crow Street Theatre. Whyte's son played Cato admirably." (Ref. 641 g11 p.304)

BM83
1772 Samuel was a fluent versifier and some of his verses were published in a quarto of over 500 pages entitled 'The Shamrock, or Hibernian Cresses', with practical proposals for a reform in education being appended. Further editions were published in 1773 and 1774 (advertised in the London Gazette May 10 p.1)
39 G71, G67
1773 Aug.
 The English Grammar School, exam results. Samuel Whyte opens the school again on Wednesday 1st Sept (Freeman’s Journal 12 Aug p.3)
40
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1778 Apr. His wife Ann was executrix of her father Francis Taverner's will. She apparently went to London for probate

D5
1779 July He was an English Schoolmaster of Grafton Street, Dublin (wife Ann's will)
46 D5
1779 Aug.
 His wife Ann died (Freeman’s Journal 7 Aug p.4)
46
 BM61
1787 His wife Ann's will was proved 14 July in Dublin
53 H5
1787 July On his way from Ireland to London Samuel was overcharged by the boatmen of New Ferry, the place where his pocket was picked 30 years earlier, for a boat trip to see Chester at dusk with his two younger children, Edward and Martha. He wrote a poem to the Mayor of Liverpool on the subject while staying at the Hotel on the corner of Lord Street (Poems p.204)
54 BM75
1787 Aug. He visited his daughter Patty in London. On his way back the mail coach from London to Holyhead had an accident and Samuel's thigh was broken. He remained in Wales until he was able to travel again (Saunders Newsletter 24 Aug p.2, Freeman's Journal 23 Aug p.3)
54 H61, BM61
1788 July He apparently returned to London and proved his wife Ann's will 31 July at PCC. On Sunday 27th July he visited Thomas and Betsy Sheridan at their lodgings in Frith Street, London 'in high spirits', according to Betsy's journal. Samuel and Thomas were partly reconciled after a coolness which had prevailed for many years (History of Dublin p.204)
55 D5, BM75, 76, 77, G78
c.1790 Thomas Moore described him as "at the head of his profession" with a reputation of over 30 years standing, and his grammar school as "the best in Dublin". He was the companion of the wits and literary men of the day. Sheridan's sons, Moore and Arthur Wellesley, afterwards Duke of Wellington, as well as a considerable number of the Irish nobility, were educated at his school. He was particularly devoted to drama, having been intimately connected with the Sheridans and "most of the other ornaments of the Irish stage in the middle of the century". Moore described him as "an amiable and respectable man" to whom he owed "all the instruction in English Literature he ever received" (pp.204-206)
57 G78

He was a ‘renowned pedagogue’ who instructed many of the first nobility and gentry of Ireland, male and female (Dublin Evening Mail 10 Sept 1866 p.4)

H61

He played a leading part in most of the theatrical events of the time, and as well as training the young actors he frequently took part in the dramatis personae himself and usually wrote either the prologue or epilogue. He wrote the prologue for the "memorable performance of the Beggar's Opera" at Carton, County Longford, seat of the Duke of Leinster, which was recited by the Rev. Dean Morley, Bishop of Waterford (Memoirs of Thomas Moore p.265). His custom was to make his pupils represent a play at the annual examination and some became actors in consequence. Being blamed for this he wrote in self-defence a didactic poem 'The Theatre' which was published in 1790 (p.209)

G78, 83
1790 His daughter Patty (Martha Ann) was a celebrated actress. In 1785 there was talk of her marrying John Philip Kemble the actor, brother of Mrs Siddons. In 1790 she played the part of Jane Shore in private theatricals at the house of Lady Borrowes in Dublin. There was "a glowing account of her performance" in the Dublin Evening Post. She was "a very handsome and well educated young person" (Thomas Moore memoirs, Dublin Evening Post 18 March p.3)
57 83, BLN66
by 1792 He had renounced all right to the estate of his uncle Richard
59 INA5
1792 Aug. He left a house in Grafton Street in trust for his son Edward Athenry and Edward's wife Anchoretta (deed 300512)
59 IRD
1792-1795 His son Edward Athenry Whyte became his partner and collected his works, of which four editions were printed. Copies were given as prizes to pupils who distinguished themselves, while each one who fell short of the required standard received his engraved portrait. This portrait was engraved by Brocas from a painting by Hamilton and is in the frontispiece of the 3rd edition of his poems, printed in Dublin in 1795. Many of his former pupils were subscribers and are listed in the book 59-62 G71
1798 June He declined an offer to leave Ireland because of "the troubles" (Wolfe Tone's rebellion) and stay with William Vickers in Holyhead. He had "three infant grandchildren" (Miscellanea Nova p.144)
65 BM75
1800 The Union of Ireland with England changed Dublin almost overnight from a vibrant capital to a dismal provincial city. The subsequent removal of the resident nobility and gentry had severe consequences for him and the school
67 JVS
1805 He was Principal of the English Grammar School, 75 Grafton St
72 G7
1807 Aug.
 He and son Edward A. advertised that the English and Classic School at 75 Grafton Street would open after vacation on 31 Aug (Freemans Journal Aug 10 p.1)
74
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1810 He was Master of the English & Classical Academy, 79 Grafton St
77 INA7
1811 Apr. His will bequeathed houses, money, specific possessions and pictures of his grandparents to his children and grandchildren. "I affirm I am no man's debtor"
78 D5
1811 Nov. According to his obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine "he introduced a more regular and refined and at the same time a more generally useful system of education than had before been either known or adopted. Amongst those who now figure most in arts and arms; statesmen, warriors, orators and poets - the Wellesleys, the Sheridans and the Moores, trace the first opening of their powers to his cultivation" (p.486)

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1811-1812 His will was proved in Dublin and Jan 1812 at PCC, London

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After he died his son Edward Athenry Whyte conducted the school until 1824 when he moved to London

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Wife 6/46 Ann Taverner 1736-1779 Daughter of Francis and Anne Taverner.


1736 Born 29 Nov. Baptised 12 Dec at St Luke Old Street, Finsbury

I2
1757 A spinster of St Martin in the Fields, Westminster
21 WL2
1758 She was apparently not very keen on Ireland when they first moved there
22 BM75
1771 She was bequeathed in trust £550 by her great aunt Mary Burton to pay to whom she (Ann) directs
35 D5
1778 Apr. Executrix of her father's will. She apparently came to London for probate
42 D5
1779 July Her will of 20 July described bequests by her aunt Mary Burton and her father. She bequeathed money to her children and for the relief of the poor
43 D5
1779 Aug.
 Mrs Ann Whyte, wife of Mr Whyte of the English Grammar School, died (Freeman’s Journal 7 Aug p.4)
43
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1787 July Her will was proved at P.C. Ireland

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1788 July Her will was proved at P.C. Canterbury

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Son Samuel 1759-


1771 He was bequeathed £200 for his maintenance and education in his great great aunt Mary Burton's will
12 D5
1772 Jan. He played 'Cato' in the school play (a Roman drama by Joseph Addison)(p.207)
12 G78
1811 He was bequeathed £100 per year during his natural life in father Samuel's will. He apparently had no children
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Daughter Martha Ann (Patty) 1768-1832



Patty was on the stage. She was a celebrated actress

H92
1785 Some thought of her marrying John Philip Kemble the actor, brother of Mrs Siddon 17 H92
1787 July Her father Samuel went to London with her 20 BM75
1788 July She visited Thomas and Betsy Sheridan at their lodgings in Frith Street, London on Monday 28th July. She was "quite well after her journey" according to Betsy 20 ILL77
1790 She played the part of Jane Shore at private theatricals at the house of Lady Borrowes in Dublin. There was a glowing letter about her performance in the Dublin Evening Post (18 March p.3)
22 G78, H92, BLN66

She was given instruction in acting by her second cousin Alicia Lefanu. This was a double kindness according to Betsy Sheridan "as it assisted her and saved her from being learn'd by her Papa"

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She was "a very handsome and well educated young person" according to Thomas Moore (the Irish poet, singer, songwriter and entertainer. He attended Samuel Whyte's school where he learned the English accent he used for the rest of his life)

G78, Wikip
1791 A spinster of St Ann's, Dublin. She married James Magan, a gentleman of Dublin, by Prerogative licence, probably in June. Magan, who acted under the
name Middleton, was educated by her father Samuel Whyte. He trained as a surgeon like his father but became an actor, he performed in London and Bath then from 1790 to 1792 in Dublin. He had a tall, commanding figure and a silver tone of voice. Miss Whyte was ‘a young lady of considerable beauty and with a highly cultivated mind’. The marriage was an unfortunate choice for her (Dublin Evening Mail 10 Sept 1866 p.4, Memorial of James Middleton from The Warder)
23 INA3, H61
(1791-95)
 Mother of Richard Athenry Magan

D5
1792-1797
 James Middleton was in the theatre in Scotland in 1792 then in 1793 he returned to Covent Garden, London until 1797 (Dublin Evening Mail 1866)

H61
1796 Jan. The wife of Mr Middleton the celebrated actor, with one child. She narrowly escaped when her lodgings near Drury Lane theatre burned down (Dublin Evening Post 12 Jan p.4)
28 H61
1798 Mother of Samuel Eustace Magan at St Georges, London
30 D5, C
1799 James Middleton was an alcoholic and by this time his nerves were shattered by his frequent bouts of drinking. He died in London on 18 Oct, little more than 30 years old, and was buried at Broadway Chapel Westminster. At this time Mrs Middleton was in Bath with her two children working as a governess (Dublin Evening Mail 10 Sept 1866 p.4)
31 H61
1811 Apr. A Widow of Cork, Ireland. Her father bequeathed property at 51 York Street and 9 Duke Street, Dublin to her
43 D5
1812 Jan. Of 3 Northampton Square, Goswell Street, London. Executrix of father's will
44 D5a
1832 Probably of Hornsey near Highgate (with her son Samuel Eustace?). Buried 17 Dec at St Mary Hornsey, age 64
64 I2






Martha Ann's son Richard Athenry Magan



1795 He was a subscriber and ‘pupil of the author’ to the third edition of Samuel Whyte’s Poems

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He was 'reared by his grandfather Samuel Whyte, until his appointment in His Majesty's Royal Navy' (Samuel Whyte's will)

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(No reference found in Admiralty Service records, class ADM29)

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Martha Ann's son Samuel Eustace Magan 1798-1865 Banker of London



1839 He was a Director of the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company, eligible for re-election at the general meeting (London Gazette 12 Feb p.269)
41
 H61

1843, 1851 A Director as above (London Gazette)
 45, 53
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1851-1861 A banker lodging at 21 Suffolk Street London 53-63 C

1865 Of Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, London. He bequeathed money to his Whyte and Cahill relatives
67 F5

1865 He died 11 Sept at Dover
68 F5

1865 Of Suffolk Street, Pall Mall. Buried 15 Sept at St Mary Hornsey age 68

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1865 His will was proved 6 Oct at Principal Registry. Effects £35,000

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7/89 Captain Solomon Whyte Esq. Captain of Infantry
-1747 of Banbridge, County Down, Ireland






Age Source







Married Anne Sankey, only child of Lt. Gen. Nicholas Sankey and Frances Trevor his wife, by 1717
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His wife Anne died by 1729, she was buried at St Mary's Dublin

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Father of Samuel 6/45 in 1733

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Died 17 March 1747 (Miscellanea Nova p.91)

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Buried 26 March 1747 at St Mary's, Dublin with his wife Ann

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His father died early and he was placed under the guardianship of General Pearce (Notes & Queries 2 Oct 1858 p.266) (probably Rt Hon Thomas Pearce 1670-1739, see over)
H62, Wikip
(1702-14) He became a page to Queen Anne. Subsequently he entered the Guards

H62
(1702-14) He was presented an elegant sword by H.M. Queen Anne "with her own hand" for gallant behaviour in her service (Poems p.317)

BM75
1714 May He was commissioned Capt.-Lieut. in Col. William Southwell's regiment of foot (the 6th Regiment) (Dalton's English Army Lists vol VI) (the 6th Foot was raised in Holland in 1673, accompanied William III to England in 1688, campaigned in Spain 1702-1713, posted to Ireland 1713-1740, subsequently the Royal Warwickshire regiment)

H43, Wikip
1715 June His commission was renewed by King George I, Capt-Lieut in Brig Gen Thomas Harrison's regiment (the 6th foot)

H43
1715/6 Feb. A Captain. He was commissioned to Col. Richard Kane's regiment of foot

H43
1717-1729 He was of the City of Dublin, Esq. (several deeds)

IRD
1717 By his marriage to Ann Sankey he became the owner of much property in County Down

H92
1717 Nov. He and his wife Ann acknowledged a third part of large estates, 6,000 acres in County Down, 600 ac in Louth and 590 ac in Armagh, to Rev. Philip Chamberlaine. He signed... (15105) Solomon Whyte's signature on a deed in 1717


IRD
c.1719 His wife's father Nicholas Sankey died. Solomon and Anne gained administration of his estate in her right (see the court case below)

INA50
1720 Apr.
 A Captain. He was commissioned to Col. Thomas Chudleigh's regiment (34th foot - 1st battalion the Border Regiment) (Dalton George I Army vol II)

H43
1720 July He and his wife Ann filed a bill in the court of Chancery against Sir John & Elizabeth King and George & Bridget Gore (Elizabeth & Bridget were daughters & heirs of John Sankey, brother of Nicholas) for possession of lands in County Longford. The case continued until October 1728

INA50
1720 Aug. He mortgaged lands to James Wills of Dublin for £1,500 (deed 16492)

IRD
1722 He was drawing half pay (i.e. retired but theoretically fit for future service. Usually for redundant officers from regiments that had been disbanded, but not necessarily drawn from the regiment they served in)

H43
1723 Mar He and wife Ann filed another case in Chancery against Elizabeth Lady Tullamore, six of the Gore family and 14 others including Marcus Hill and John White and his wife Mary, which was probably to do with Ann's father's lands

INA50
1724 Dec -1728 Nov Solomon and Anne (dau of Frances Trevor) were plaintiffs in a case in the Court of Exchequer against Mark Hill (son of Mary Trevor), William & Barbara Taylor, Margaret Trevor, Edward Trevor, John Mills, John & Mary Whyte (dau of Rose Trevor), Frances Purcell (dau of Rose Trevor), John Burke, Hans Campbell, Moses Henry and George Mathews, regarding the 'vast landed property' bequeathed by Sir Marmaduke Whitechurch in 1634 which had never been divided. In 1728 'they took amounts by order of the courts' (History of Banbridge p.230, Bill book 1724 p.138)

ZZ80, INA50

He was out of the 6th Regiment before 1727. Out of the 34th before 1730

H43
1727 June He sold 5,050 acres of land in Co Longford with 2 castles, 20 messuages, 300 cottages, 3 mills, etc etc, to Matthew Young (deed 36302)

IRD
1727 Nov. He and Ann initiated a further Chancery court case regarding the lands

INA50
1727 Dec. He put 1,800 acres in Counties Down and Louth with 4 castles, 200 messuages, 500 cottages, 4 mills, etc etc, in trust to Isaac Dobson (deed 36491)

IRD
1727 Dec. He sold lands in County Down to James Wills for £4,000 (deed 36818)

IRD
1727/8 Jan. He was granted letters patent by King George I for a weekly market every Thursday and four fairs annually at Banbridge, County Down (p.12) (the implication is that he was lord of the manor - JVS)

ZZ80
1728 A survey and map was made of his Ballyvally estate at Banbridge, listing tenants and acreages (History of Banbridge pp.207-208)

ZZ80
1728 Dec. He leased 75 acres of land in County Louth to Peter Murphy (deed 39548)

IRD
1729 June He (without Ann) initiated yet another Chancery case regarding the lands

INA50
1729 July He mortgaged lands in Down and Louth for £1,000 to James Forbes (41215)

IRD
1729 Oct. He was granted administration of his wife Anne's estate at PCC London

D5
1733 His son Samuel's mother died after giving birth to Samuel aboard ship en route for Liverpool

G71
1737 Sept. Of Banbridge, County Down, Esq. He leased 29 acres of Ballynebraght, Co Down to Edward Magill for 60 years (deed 124699)

IRD
1742 He was Governor of Bermingham Tower, Dublin Castle (Dublin Castle was the seat of the British government of Ireland. The base of the Bermingham tower is one of the few remaining parts of the original castle)

H92, Wikip
1742 Sept. Of Banbridge, County Down Esq. He made a will leaving his real estate to nephew William Chamberlain. Estate of 15,000 acres in Counties Down and Louth. He left £5 to the poor of Loughbrickland (three miles from Banbridge) and £5 to the poor of St Mary's Dublin

H5

His personal estate in England was disposed of by his former will in favour of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland (Prince William Augustus 1721-1765, third son of King George II, Colonel 1st regiment of Foot Guards)

H5, Wikip
1747 He lived in Dorset Street, Dublin, opposite no. 12 where his favourite niece Frances who had married Thomas Sheridan lived. He was in a very declining state of health. He died on 17th March (Miscellanea Nova p.91)

BM75
1747 Administration was granted to his brother and only next of kin Richard Whyte Esq. at PCC London on 27 April and PCI Dublin on 30 June

D5, ZZ5
1748 Anne Sankey's share of his estates at Banbridge were sold to Wills, 1st Viscount Hillsborough, by Richard Whyte Esq (p.15)

ZZ80
1751 June His will was proved again 12 June at PCI, Dublin

IGS,H5
1751 Nov. A memorial of his will was witnessed by 6/45 Samuel White of Golden Lane, Dublin, Gent. (deed 100603)

IRD
1751 His grandnephew Richard Brinsley Sheridan was born at 12 Dorset Street, Dublin (Miscellanea Nova p.91)

BM75
1761 Jan. Administration was granted to his nephew Richard Chamberlain Esq, of his goods left unadministered by Richard Whyte, at PCC London

D5
1765 July Admon was granted to Richard Chamberlain at PCI Dublin

ZZ5
1792 June Admon was granted to his nephew Charles Francis Sheridan Esq at PCI Dublin (45 years after Solomon's death!)

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He had considerable landed estates in County Longford (see 1720 and 1727)

BM76, G78,H92

He was painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723, the leading portrait painter in England at the time, court painter to European monarchs and leading figures) (Edward Athenry Whyte's will)

D5, Wikip

(But there is no reference in Sir Godfrey Kneller and the English Baroque Portrait by J Douglas Stewart 1983, or in the Index of Sitters at the National Portrait Gallery)

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They were a protestant (C of E) family

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Note:







In 1713
 Mary, daughter of Marcus Trevor, married John Whyte of Leixlip, who inherited the Loughbrickland estate. It descended to George Thomas Whyte in 1916, ‘the 25th representative of the Whyte family’ (History of Banbridge pp159-160)

ZZ80
1763 Sept
 Charles White (Whyte) of Loughbrickland leased a farm, 23 acres of Ballyheel Co Down, to David McWilliam, linen draper. Witnessed by Edward Trevor of Loughbrickland (deed 176340)

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8/177 Captain Whyte Captain of Infantry








Age Source








Father of Richard 1686? (See below)

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Solomon 7/89 late 1680s?

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Another Son? (See below)

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Anastasia in 1680s? (See below)

BM75



Daughter (Mary?) (See below)

H5



Catherine youngest daughter (p.317)(See below)

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He "died early" (N & Q 2 Oct 1858 p.266)

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He came to Ireland from England with King William's army (N&Q Oct 1858 p.266)
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He commanded a regiment of infantry under King William (Poems p.317)

BM75
1688 Note: The 6th Foot regiment came from Holland to England with King William

Wikip
1690 July1 He fought at the Battle of the Boyne (* see note 1) (N&Q Oct 1858 p.266)

H62
1691 Note: Captain Thomas Whyte, 3rd son of Thomas Whyte of Redhills Co Cavan, was killed at the Battle of Aughrim on 12 July (Dalton English Army Lists v.III)

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After his death his two sons were placed under the guardianship of General Pearce (** see note 2)

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He was descended from an ancient English family who purchased a considerable estate near Ross in the County of Wexford, where they afterwards settled (Poems p.317) [See the pedigree of Whyte of Leixlip, Reg Ped Ms165 pp14-20, Burke's Irish Family Records, John Lodge Irish pedigrees]

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Note: Edward Athenry Whyte used the coat of arms of the Whytes of Leixlip






















* The Battle of the Boyne was a colonial war (England vs Ireland); a dynastic war (James II vs William III) and a European war (the war of Spanish succession; England, Holland and the Holy Roman Empire vs Louis XIV. Thus the Pope supported the Protestant King William!)
JVS





** Probably Rt Hon Thomas Pearce 1670-1739, Lieutenant General of HM Forces. Entered the army in 1687, Captain in 1692, Lieut Colonel in 1694, 1695 taken prisoner at Namur, 1702 expedition to Cadiz, Regimental commander of the 5th Foot 1704-32, appointed to Ireland 1715
H43, wikip
1726-1734 Of Dublin. Lessor of land in Dublin and Wicklow (several deeds)

IRD
In 1736 Lieut General of HM Forces in Ireland and Governor of Limerick. Died c.1738

H5
His will was proved at PCC in 1744 (contains no reference to Whyte)

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Note: Harriet, youngest daughter of Colonel Pearce, was godmother to 6/45 Samuel Whyte's daughter Martha Ann (Poems p.260)

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A standard infantry regiment is 13 companies of 62 men each.

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8/177 Captain Whyte (continued)





Age Source
Son Captain Richard Whyte Esq 1686?-1750 Deputy Governor of the Tower of London







(1702-14) Like his brother Solomon he became a page to Queen Anne and later entered a Guards regiment

H62
1702-1719 Cornet, Lieutenant and Captain on military service 16-33
1702/3 Feb A gentleman. Commissioned as a Cornet in Major Henry Kelly's troop of the Queens own Regiment of Dragoons commanded by Brigadier William Lloyd (Dalton English Army Lists vol IV)
16 E43
1703/4 A gentleman. Commissioned as a Lieutenant in Colonel Francis Gore's troop (Dalton vol V)
17 E43
to 1708 He was a Cadet in the 1st Regiment of Guards and in the company of Colonel Duerell/Doloram for some time. In 1708 he petitioned the Duke of Marlborough for a promotion, "there being now new lines to be raised" (ref. Add 61297 ff 1196-120)
-22 BM
1708 Apr. A gentleman. Commissioned as Adjutant in the regiment of foot commanded by Brigadier George Macartney (Dalton English Army Lists vol VI)
22 E43
(1701-14) He served in Flanders in the War of Spanish Succession as a Lieutenant and Adjutant in Brigadier Sutton's Regiment

A13/BM
(1702-14) He was presented an elegant sword for gallant behaviour by Queen Anne. He was 'not overlooked' in subsequent reigns (Poems p.317)

BM75
1710? He petitioned the Duke of Marlborough again, having filled the station of Lieutenant and Adjutant in Brigadier Macarthy's Regiment, to be promoted to Captain, there being a Company vacant in the Regiment by the death of a Premier Captain (with endorsement by Lt Col Hedhill?) (Ref. Add 61297 ff 1196-121 & 123)
24 BM
1710 He was made a Captain in Colonel Bowles' Regiment of foot (Dalton VI)
24 E43
1714/15 Gentleman. Commissioned Lieutenant of a troop in Capt. Alexander Read's regiment?. (TNA ref. WO25/13)
28 E43
1715 Sept. Esq. Commissioned Captain of a company in Colonel Richard Lucas' regiment of foot (Dalton George I Army vol I, TNA ref. WO25/13)
29 E43
1717 June Colonel Lucas' regiment was sent to Ireland (Dalton)
31 E43
1717 Nov. Gentleman of the city of Dublin. He witnessed a deed for his brother Solomon (deed 15105)
31 IRD
1718/9 Mar. Still a Captain in Colonel R Lucas' regiment (Dalton)
32 E43
1721-1750 Major, and Deputy Governor of the Tower of London 35-64

He married Catherine

TL2
1721 He was made Major of the Tower of London
35 A13/BM
1722-1747 Major at the Tower of London (originally a royal palace, by the 18th century the Tower was mainly an armoury, prison and treasury) 36-61 BI, Wikip

The Major's lodgings were in the house next to the Lanthorne Tower on the wharf side (p.26 note 1)

ILL81
1722 Dec. He mediated in a dispute (and brawl) between General Williamson the Deputy Lieutenant of the Tower and Bishop Atterbury, Dean of Westminster, who was imprisoned in the Tower for high treason (pp.150-151)
38 ILL81
1727 June He remained on duty in the Tower while the other officers took part in the celebrations for the proclamation of King George II (p.49)
41 ILL81
1720s? Wrote a letter regarding a theological dispute involving the Bishop of London

BI
1732 May He led the Ascension Day beating the bounds procession round the Tower precincts, the Deputy Governor not being well (p.27)
46 ILL81
1730s? He petitioned King George II, that he had hoped to be promoted to Deputy Lieutenant of the Tower, but having been disappointed requested the Governorship of Carrisbrook Castle should it become vacant (ref. 33,057 f503)

BM
1741 Mar. 26th. He officiated at a visit by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London to the Tower. The Tower Constable, Deputy Lieutenant and Major were invited to dine with the Mayor afterwards (pp.109-111)
55 ILL81
1743 Aug. His wife Catherine died at the Tower. She was buried there at St Peter ad Vincula on 24 Aug. Richard was 'the Tower Major'
57 TL2, G64
1746 Aug. 18th. He officiated at the execution of the Scottish Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino on Tower Hill (after Bonnie Prince Charlie's '45 rebellion, the last Jacobite revolt) (p.129)
60 H92, ILL81
1747-1750 He was Deputy Lieutenant of the Tower of London (i.e. the resident Governor) 61-64 BI

The pay of the Deputy Lieutenant was £1 a day (pp.10-11)

ILL81
1748 Mar. He leased his brother Solomon's lands in County Down to the Right Hon Wills Lord Viscount Hillsborough (deed 90995)
62 IRD
1750 Aug. He was Deputy Governor of the Tower of London. On 14th he made a will. He wished to be buried at the Tower with his wife. He left his estates in the counties of York and Lancaster to his nephew Richard Chamberlaine and left money to purchase an Ensign's commission for 6/45 Samuel Whyte. Other bequests to his sisters Anastasia Chamberlayne and Catherine Every widow, to John Whyte Esq of Bath, and several others. He refers to a deed of 1743 re. the estates in Yorks and Lancs, the income from them to be for the benefit of Samuel Whyte until he is 21. On the next day he added a codicil removing the bequests to John Whyte
64 D5
1750 Died 24 Aug at the Tower, age 84 (London Magazine p.381) [his age seems unlikely given his military career, possibly actually 64? - JVS]
64 G61
1750 Surprisingly there is no record of his burial at St Peter ad Vincula, the Tower church (or anywhere else in London)

TL2, Anc2
1750 His will was proved at PCC in Oct & Nov.

D5
1792 Nov. Administration in Ireland was granted at PCI to Charles Francis Sheridan (42 years later!)

INA5






Like his brother Solomon he was painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller

D5/F5

(but there is no reference to the painting at the National Portrait Gallery)

NPG83










Another Son?








A Captain in the Royal Navy (according to Alicia LeFanu's memoirs)

BM76

(No other reference found)

JVS





8/177 Captain Whyte (continued)





Age Source
Daughter Anastasia -1754


1718 Married Rev. Dr Philip Chamberlain, prebend of Rathmichael, Vicar of Bray and rector of Saint Nicholas Without, Dublin

H92, BM75
1719 Rev. Philip Chamberlain leased land to John Page, Alderman (deed 12951)

IRD
1742 She was bequeathed five shillings by her brother Solomon "in consideration of her exemplary care and tenderness of me"

H5
1744 Rev. Philip Chamberlain, curate of St Nicholas Without, leased a house in St Peters Street to William Chamberlain (deed 81229)

IRD
1750 She was bequeathed £50 for mourning in the will of her brother Richard

D5
1754 Buried 6 Apr at St Nicholas Within, Dublin

H92,ZZ2






- See Sheridan family tree



- See Samuel Whyte's Poems & Memoirs of Mrs Sheridan
BM 75,76










Daughter




Married Mr Lynch. Had a son Nicholas (will of Solomon Whyte)

H5

Apparently died before her brother Richard

INA50





Note: 1708 Nicholas Lynch of Kings County, Gent & wife Mary (deed 7002)

IRD

1721 Mary of Keillyeura Kings County, widow of Nicholas Lynch (will, 24881)

IRD










Daughter Catherine



Married James Eury, an eminent linen merchant (Poems p.317)
BM 75,INA
1715 Nov.
 A James Eyre was a glover of Dale Street, Liverpool. His son John was baptised at St Peter’s church

LVL2
1733
 Samuel Whyte, Catherine’s nephew, may have been sent to Liverpool for her to look after

JVS
1735-1736
 Probably her son John Eyre of Cable Street was a clerk at a pottery workshop. Several of his children were baptised at St Peter’s from 1735-1755

LVL2
1742 She was bequeathed £10 per annum or £60 in cash in will of brother Solomon

H5
1750 Aug. Widow. She was bequeathed £1,000 by her brother Richard

D5
1750 Oct. Widow of the City of Dublin. She placed the £1,000 and plate and linen bequeathed to her by Richard on trust with John Archer, merchant of Dublin, for her to receive interest during her life then to go to Peter Kelly, periwigmaker of Dublin, after her death (deed 96364)

IRD
1752 Jan She, her nephew Samuel Whyte, sister Anastasia and some other Chamberlains were defendants in an Exchequer case brought by William Chamberlaine

INA50

She 'was a genius at poetry' but she apparently died poor; "In the evening of life she had no reason to boast of fortune's partiality to rhyme" (Poems p.317)

BM75

She died intestate without children

INA50















Notes:



John Whyte Esq. of Bath, mentioned in the will of Richard Whyte 1750.


John Whyte of Leixlip died at Bath in 1753 (Gentleman's Magazine, Lodge Mss)


J Whyte of Bath, his mother and his sister mentioned in Nov & Dec 1789 in Betsy Sheridan's journal





Nicholas Whyte, deputy governor of the Tower of London, will proved at PCI 1792.







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