Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly (1791 – 3 September 1873), was an

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soldier and politician.

Biography

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Annaly was the son of Luke White, who had made a large fortune as a bookseller and lottery operator in

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. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Peter de la Mazière. He purchased a

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in the 14th Light Dragoons in 1811 and served in the

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, fighting at the Siege of Badajoz and at the

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. He purchased a Lieutenancy in 1812. In 1823 he was elected to the

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for

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, a seat he held until 1832, and also represented County Longford from 1837 to 1847 and again from 1857 to 1861. Between 1841 and 1873 Annaly served as

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. In 1863 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Annaly, of Annaly and Rathcline in the County of Longford. Lord Annaly married Ellen (d. 12 May 1868), daughter of William Soper Dempster, on 3 October 1828. They had eight children: *

Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly KP (26 September 1829 – 16 March 1888), was an Anglo-Irish Liberal politician. Annaly was the son of Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly, and his wife Ellen (née Dempster), and was educated at Eton. He served in the Br ...

*Capt. Henry White (4 September 1830 – 1860) *Eleanor Eliza White (d. 29 April 1907), married on 10 June 1854 Lt-Col. Henry Holden and had issue *George Frederick White (1 October 1831 – 1846) *Francis Samuel White (17 March 1836 – April 1855) *

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(1838–1890) *Emily Beaujolais White (4 January 1844 – 18 December 1923), married on 20 July 1867 Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury, and had issue *Robert White (8 December 1844 – 3 March 1866) Lord Annaly survived his wife by five years and died on 3 September 1873 at (demolished) Sunbury Park House,

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.Independent corroboration:

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Deaths registered in 1873: Henry White. Death took place in the Staines registration district, certificate index: Vol 3a p5 He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * *

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