Thom's Irish Who's Who/White, Col. James Grove

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3409428Thom's Irish Who's Who — White, Col. James Grove


WHITE, Col. James Grove, C.M.G. (1918), D.L., J.P. for Cos. Cork and Waterford; D.L. for Co. Waterford: High Sheriff for Co. Waterford, 1910; F.R.S.A. (Ireland); President Cork Historical and Archaeological Society; entered Army, 57th Regt., 1873; passed Staff College, 1889; commanded 1st Batt. (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regt., A.Q.M.G., 2nd Div., 1st Army Corps; Colonel in Army (now retired); served in Zulu War, 1879 (medal with clasp); commanded Reserve Column, Imperial Contingent, Matabeleland Relief Force, S.A.; European War, 1914-18, England and France (C.M.G., Victory, and British War Medals): b. 21st Oct., 1852; eldest son of Major H. T. F. White, 40th Regt., of Kilbyrne, Doneraile, Co. Cork: m. 1880, Constance, dau. of A. Fitzgibbon, The Rockery, Great Stanmore (niece of Maurice Fitzgibbon, The White Knight and Macant Shan Riddery), and has issue four sons and one dau. Pubns.: Historical and Topographical Notes, Buttevant, Castletownroche, Doneraile, Mallow, and places in their vicinity, 4 vols. Recns.: shooting and fishing. Res.: Kilbyrne, Doneraile, Co. Cork; Rockfield, Cappagh, Co. Waterford. Clubs: Army and Navy, London; Kildare Street, Dublin, and Cork County.