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White, Sir Thomas Woollaston, (d 1817), 1st baronet

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Surname: White
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Thomas Woollaston
Gender: Male
Date: d 1817
Title: 1st baronet
History: Son of Taylor and Sarah White (nee Woollston). Created a baronet on 20 Dec 1802 after twice raising, quartering, feeding, clothing and arming a force of volunteers to help defend the nation against possible invasions by Napoleon Bonaparte. The corps later became the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, Royal Yeomanry. He was a Colonel of the 3rd Nottinghamshire Militia. He married Elizabeth Blagg on 3 Jan 1801 and had eleven children, four of whom survived into adulthood. He died of heart disease on 28 October 1817. He was succeeded by his son, also Sir Thomas-Woollston White.
Places:
  • East Retford, Nottinghamshire
  • Tuxford, Nottinghamshire
  • Wallingwells, Nottinghamshire
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P221128
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1795-1805: estate account book incl Tuxford and Retford areas of Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire
Nottinghamshire Archives
7733
See Annual Return 2010