Richard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry DL (16 November 1800 – 16 July 1868),[1] styled The Honourable from birth until 1816 and subsequently Viscount Berehaven until 1851, was an Irish peer and Conservative politician.
He was the eldest son of Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry and his wife Margaret Ann, daughter of William Hare, 1st Earl of Listowel.
[3] In 1851 he succeeded his father as earl, and three years later he was elected an Irish representative peer to the House of Lords, where he sat as a Conservative.
[3] On 11 October 1836, he married Mary, third daughter of William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond at St George's, Hanover Square.
[4] White died, aged 67, childless at Exmoor House and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother William.