Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly


Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly was an Irish British Army soldier and politician.

Biography

Annaly was the son of Luke White, who had made a large fortune as a bookseller and lottery operator in Dublin. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Peter de la Mazière.
He purchased a Cornetcy in the 14th Light Dragoons in 1811 and served in the Peninsular War, fighting at the Siege of Badajoz and at the Battle of Salamanca. He purchased a Lieutenancy in 1812. In 1823 he was elected to the House of Commons for County Dublin, a seat he held until 1832, and also represented County Longford from 1837 to 1847 and again from 1857 to 1861. Between 1841 and 1873 Annaly served as Lord Lieutenant of County Longford. In 1863 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Annaly, of Annaly and Rathcline in the County of Longford.
Lord Annaly married Ellen, daughter of William Soper Dempster, on 3 October 1828. They had eight children:
Lord Annaly survived his wife by five years and died on 3 September 1873 at Sunbury Park House, Sunbury on Thames. He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Luke.