Luke White (circa 1740 or 1750 – 25 February 1824)[1][2] was an Irish bookseller, operator of a lottery and Whig politician.

He started as an impecunious book dealer,[3] first in the streets of Belfast, then from 1778 at an auction house in Dublin buying and reselling around the country.

[5] He then purchased Luttrellstown Castle from Henry Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton in 1800, and changed its name to Woodlands to eradicate the memory of its previous owner.

[2] He entered the British House of Commons for Leitrim in 1818 and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for it until his death in 1824.

[4] He left properties worth £175,000 per annum which eventually devolved to his fourth son Henry,[5] who was elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Annaly.