Francis John White (21 April 1830 – 4 May 1875) was a pastoralist and politician in New South Wales, Australia.

White was born at Ravensworth to overseer James White and Sarah Crossman, the 3rd of 10 children, Jane, James,[1] George, Sarah, William Edward,[2] Frederick Robert, Edward,[3] Henry Charles,[4] and Jane.

He qualified as a surveyor however he returned to work on the family property, Edinglassie, near Muswellbrook, which he operated in partnership with his brothers James and George.

[1] He later bought further land in the Liverpool Plains and New England, including Saumarez, in partnership with his brothers, making them some of the leading squatters in the colony.

[6] In 1874 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Upper Hunter, but he died the following year.