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'''John White''' (1590 – 29 January 1645) was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] politician and lawyer. |
'''John White''' (1590 – 29 January 1645) was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] politician and lawyer. |
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White was from a family of merchants from [[Tenby]], [[Pembrokeshire]], [[Wales]]. He matriculated (together with his elder brother Griffith) at [[Jesus College, Oxford]] in 1607. He entered the [[Middle Temple]] in 1610 and was called to the bar in 1626. He was [[High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire]] in 1626, like his father and grandfather before him. In 1640, White became the junior MP for [[Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)|Southwark]] (with [[Edward Bagshaw]] being the other MP returned). He died in 1645 and was buried in the [[Temple Church]].<ref name=White>{{cite web| url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29254| title=White, John (1590–1645)| first=Jacqueline | last= Eales| work= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition) (subscription access) |publisher= Oxford University Press| date=2004 | accessdate=2007-08-17}}</ref> |
White was from a family of merchants from [[Tenby]], [[Pembrokeshire]], [[Wales]]. He was the second son of Henry and Jane (née Fletcher) White. He matriculated (together with his elder brother Griffith) at [[Jesus College, Oxford]] in 1607. |
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He entered the [[Middle Temple]] in 1610 and was called to the bar in 1626. He was [[High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire]] in 1626, like his father and grandfather before him. In 1640, White became the junior MP for [[Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)|Southwark]] (with [[Edward Bagshaw]] being the other MP returned). |
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He died in 1645 and was buried in the [[Temple Church]].<ref name=White>{{cite web| url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29254| title=White, John (1590–1645)| first=Jacqueline | last= Eales| work= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition) (subscription access) |publisher= Oxford University Press| date=2004 | accessdate=2007-08-17}}</ref> He had married three times: firstly Janet, the daughter of John ap Griffith Eynon of Jeffreston, Pembrokeshire; secondly Winifred daughter of Richard Blackwell of Bushey, Herts with whom he had nine children ; thirdly Mary the eldest daughter of Thomas Style of Little Mussenden, Bucks. |
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Revision as of 21:10, 19 February 2011
John White (1590 – 29 January 1645) was a Welsh politician and lawyer.
White was from a family of merchants from Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He was the second son of Henry and Jane (née Fletcher) White. He matriculated (together with his elder brother Griffith) at Jesus College, Oxford in 1607.
He entered the Middle Temple in 1610 and was called to the bar in 1626. He was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1626, like his father and grandfather before him. In 1640, White became the junior MP for Southwark (with Edward Bagshaw being the other MP returned).
He died in 1645 and was buried in the Temple Church.[1] He had married three times: firstly Janet, the daughter of John ap Griffith Eynon of Jeffreston, Pembrokeshire; secondly Winifred daughter of Richard Blackwell of Bushey, Herts with whom he had nine children ; thirdly Mary the eldest daughter of Thomas Style of Little Mussenden, Bucks.
References
- ^ Eales, Jacqueline (2004). "White, John (1590–1645)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition) (subscription access). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
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