White of Orange Hill

THOMAS WHITE (c1748-1790), married, in 1776, Hannah White, of Cork, County Cork, and was father of

JAMES TAYLOR WHITE (1778-1847), of Orange Hill, Tandragee, County Armagh, who espoused firstly, in 1806, Lydia, daughter of Abraham Shackleton, of Ballytore, County Kildare.

She dsp 1811.

He married secondly, in 1818, Mary, daughter of Richard Pike, of Ballytore, by whom he had issue,

THOMAS HENRY WHITE JP (1822-1911), of Orange Hill, who married, in 1853, Mary Jane, second daughter of Edward Barrington DL, of Fassaroe, County Wicklow, and sister of Sir John Barrington, of Glenvar, County Dublin, and had issue,

JAMES, his heir;

Thomas Henry, born 1876;

Sarah Elizabeth; Selina.

Mr White established T H White and Company Ltd, millers, in 1841.

His eldest son,

JAMES BARRINGTON-WHITE JP (1856-1914), of Temple Dinsley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Orange Hill, Tandragee, County Armagh, and 15, Prince's Gate, London, High Sheriff of County Armagh, 1898, Lieutenant, Hertfordshire Imperial Yeomanry, wedded, in 1884, Mary, daughter of John Kane Boyd, of Cultra House, County Down, and had issue,

CAPTAIN IVAN BARRINGTON-WHITE (1886-1947), Grenadier Guards.

Orange Hill, Tandragee, County Armagh (Image: PropertyPal.com)

ORANGE HILL, Tandragee, County Armagh is a Georgian country house with grounds today comprising nearly five acres.

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White's Speedicook Ltd, as the company is now known, was established as a corn and flour mill on the banks of the river Cusher, Tandragee, in 1841.

The business was founded by one Thomas Henry White, said to have come from Waterford.

I have, so far, been unable to establish a connection between the White family of Orange Hill and  White's Oats.

It would seem to be a remarkable coincidence, however, that there could have been two gentlemen by the name of Thomas Henry White in Tandragee.

First published in February, 2021.