Francis Whitmore

Colonel Sir Francis Henry Douglas Charlton Whitmore, 1st Baronet KCB CMG DSO TD JP (20 April 1872 – 12 June 1962) was a British military officer and landowner.

[7] Sir Francis died in 1962 and was buried with full military honours at Orsett parish church.

[9] The baronetcy and estate were inherited by his son, Sir John Whitmore (racing driver).

A later portrait in Lord Lieutenant's uniform by Herbert James Gunn hangs in the Shire Hall in Chelmsford.

On 10 September 2015, a Thurrock Heritage plaque was unveiled commemorating Sir Francis and other Officers and Men of the Essex Yeomanry and 10th Royal Hussars who served in the Great War.