Thomas White (1667–1732)

On his way home after a journey, he hoped to make the final leg of the trip from Sheffield to Tuxford in one evening.

When Richard Taylor died in the spring of 1699, White and his wife inherited his estates at Wallingwells and Buerly (Pately Bridge).

He was occupied with local administration, and in the year when there was a fear of invasion, he was investigating possible subversives of Catholic persuasion.

At the 1708 general election at East Retford he was backed by Newcastle and the Whig interest, and came top in the poll.

[3] White was returned unopposed as MP for East Retford at the 1715 general election.

At the time of the Jacobite rebellion, he was very active in the Nottinghamshire militia and reported to the new Duke of Newcastle on the decisions of the deputy-lieutenants.

[4] White died suddenly of an apoplectic fit at Wallingwells on 30 September 1732 aged 63 years.