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- FRANCIS WHYTE, Esq, of Redhills, col. of the militia, d. unm., and by his will, dated 11 Nov. 1774, proved 12 March, 1779, left his estate to his sister, ANNE, widow of John White, of Rathgonan and Loghgill, aforesaid. She made her will 3 July, 1793, was proved 22 March, 1794, having had issue a son, FRANCIS, and a dau. Anne, wife of the Rev. Francis Saunderson.
source: Burke, John and John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2. London, UK: Henry Colburn, 1847.
- Gravestone Inscription
Ex Candore Decus.
In the Vault beneath lie the Remains of
Francis Whyte, Esq., only son of Thomas Whyte
of Redhills in this County Esqr. gt. grandson
of Francis Whyte
Chief Secretary of State to
Lord Deputy Grandison, who in Queen
Elizabeth's Reign removed from
Tuddington in Bedfordshire,
The ancient seat of his family. No man during the
Course of a long life better deserved the character
which he bore of being one of the most honourable
and independent gentlemen in this county. Dying
unmarried in 1778 he left his Estate to his nephew, only
son of his Sister
Ann, by John Whyte of Rathgonan
in the County of Limerick son of Col
John Whtye by Celena his wife
dau & Co. heiress with her sister
Helen Viscountess Kenmare
of Sir Thomas Browne of
Hospitall.
source: Fund for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, Report for the Year 1888. Dublin, Ireland: Irish Memorials Association, 1890.
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