The House of White of Tuxford and Wallingwells is an ancient family, [1] which primarily lived in Nottinghamshire over many centuries. From 1802 the head of the family has been a baronet, the title having been conferred on Sir Thomas Woollaston White, 1st Bt., by King George III.
People noted in italics are those who would have succeeded as the head of the family had they survived their elder brother. [2]
Name | Born | Died |
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Johannes White of Colyngham (living 1428) | Unknown | Unknown |
John White | Unknown | 1567 |
Thomas White [3] | Unknown | 26 October 1580 |
Sir John White, Knt. | 1558 | 1625 |
Thomas White | 1590 | 13 April 1638 |
John White [4] | 3 September 1634 | 16 April 1713 |
Thomas White [5] | August 1667 | 30 September 1732 |
John White [6] | 2 December 1699 | 7 September 1769 |
Taylor White [7] | 21 December 1701 | 27 March 1772 |
Taylor White | 5 November 1743 | 20 July 1795 |
Sir Thomas White, 1st Bt. | 20 January 1767 | 28 October 1817 |
Sir Thomas White, 2nd Bt. | 3 October 1801 | 7 August 1882 |
Sir Thomas White, 3rd Bt. | 7 February 1828 | 28 May 1907 |
William Knight Hamilton Ramsay White | 23 January 1834 | 11 June 1900 |
Sir Archibald White, 4th Bt. | 14 October 1877 | 20 December 1945 |
Sir Thomas White, 5th Bt. | 13 May 1904 | 16 May 1996 |
Captain Richard White, RN | 29 January 1908 | 3 March 1995 |
Sir Nicholas White, 6th Bt. | 2 March 1939 | |
Christopher White, Esq. (heir apparent to the baronetcy) | 20 July 1972 |
Wallingwells is a small civil parish and hamlet in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population at the 2001 census of 22. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 census, but the population was recorded as 27 at the 2021 census.. Details are included in the civil parish of Carlton in Lindrick. It lies about five miles north of Worksop.
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of the English county of Nottinghamshire.
Sir Archibald Woollaston White, 4th Baronet, MFH, was the son of William Knight Hamilton White, the second son of Sir Thomas White, 2nd Baronet. He was born at Tickhill in Yorkshire, where he lived throughout his childhood. He succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his uncle, Sir Thomas White, 3rd Baronet, in 1907.
There have been five baronetcies created for persons with the surname of White, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and four in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
Grassthorpe is a small village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. Population details are included in the civil parish of Weston.
Carlton in Lindrick is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) north of Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 5,623, including nearby Wallingwells. The 2021 Census reported alone on Carlton in Lindrick, with 5,635 residents.
Thomas White of Wallingwells, Nottinghamshire, was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1701 and 1732.
John White, of Wallingwells, Nottinghamshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1733 to 1768..
Sir Thomas Woollaston White, 1st Baronet, of Tuxford and Wallingwells, was the eldest son and heir of Taylor and Sarah White. His grandfather, also named Taylor White, was the founding Treasurer of The Foundling Hospital, a judge, Fellow of The Royal Society, and Patron of the Arts.
John White (1634–1713) was an English politician.
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Sir Ralph Knight was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. He served in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War. He sold 'the Barrels' Manor House in Ullenhal Worcestershire to his cousin to join Cromwell. The Manor had been in the family since the early 1500s.
Richard Taylor was an English Member of Parliament. He was the only son of Major Samuel Taylor of Wallingwells Priory, Nottinghamshire. He succeeded his father in 1679.
St Nicholas's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Tuxford, Nottinghamshire.
Felley Priory is a 16th century house with gardens located in the village of Felley, Nottinghamshire, UK. It is situated on the grounds of a former priory established by Augustinians in 1156 and dissolved in 1536. The gardens were started in 1974 by Maria Chaworth-Musters and opened to the public through the National Garden Scheme just two years later. Since Maria's passing in 2010, the gardens have been managed by her granddaughter and expert gardener, Michelle Upchurch. In 2021, the gardens were one of the four finalists in the public gardens category in NGS's The Nation's Favourite Gardens competition.
Taylor White was a British jurist, naturalist, and art collector. A Fellow of the Royal Society, he was the patron of several prominent wildlife and botanical artists including Peter Paillou, George Edwards, Benjamin Wilkes, and Georg Dionysius Ehret. He was also a founding governor of the Foundling Hospital in London and served as its treasurer for many years.
Sir Thomas Woollaston White, 2nd Baronet, of Tuxford and Wallingwells, was 16 years old when he succeeded his father Sir Thomas White, 1st Baronet, in his titles and estates. Being a minor when he succeeded, he was cared for by two guardians, Sir Frederick Gustavus Fowke, Bt., of Lowesby Hall in the County of Leicestershire, and his cousin Henry Gally Knight of Langold. Gally Knight was a well-known archaeologist and the author of Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy and Normandy, amongst others.
Sir John White's (1558–1625) was a government official in the Kingdom of England. Sir John was twenty-two when he succeeded his father, Thomas White, as High sheriff of Nottinghamshire.
Sir Thomas Astley Woollaston White, 5th Baronet, of Tuxford and Wallingwells, was the son of Sir Archibald White, 4th Baronet.
The White baronetcy, of Tuxford and Wallingwells in the County of Nottingham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 December 1802 for Thomas Woollaston White, with remainder to the heirs male of his father.