Francis Whyte, Esq.

1580 -

• Name	Francis Whyte  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Esq.
  Birth	Abt. 1580	Toddington, Bedfordshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Title	Esquire  [2]
  Title	1616-1622  [1, 2]
  	Chief Secretary of State to Lord Deputy Grandison
  Person ID	I7	Whyte Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Whyte,   b. Abt. 1534, Toddington, Bedfordshire, England d. Jan 1630, Toddington, Bedfordshire, England (Age ~ 96 years)
  Mother	Margaret Poulton,   b. 27 Jul 1547, Toddington, Bedfordshire, England d. 19 Apr 1612, Toddington, Bedfordshire, England (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	8 Oct 1564	Toddington, Bedfordshire, England
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorcas Newcomen
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Whyte,   b. Abt. 1635, Redhills, Annagh, Cavan, Ireland d. Sep 1678, Redhills, Annagh, Cavan, Ireland (Age ~ 43 years)   2. Frances Whyte
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  FRANCIS WHYTE, Esq., was chief secretary to Sir Oliver St. John, Lord Viscount Grandison of Limerick, lord-deputy of Ireland from the year 1616 to 1622. He d. 29 May, 1622. He was descended from an ancient family, and had several brothers and sisters, among whom was Margaret, wife of William Goldsmith, the ancestor to Dr. Oliver Goldsmith, whose Christian name was given in consequence of the connexion with Oliver, Lord Grandison. Mr. Secretary Whyte m. Dorcas, dau .of Sir Robert Newcomen, Bart., ancestor of Lord Newcomen, by Catharine, his wife, dau. of Daniel Molyneux, Ulster king-of-arms, by whom he had a son, THOMAS, and a dau., Frances. 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Fund for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, Report for the Year 1888, (Dublin, Ireland: Irish Memorials Association, 1890). [S3] John Burke 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).