John Bazley White Explained

John Bazley White (1848 – 9 February 1927) was an English cement manufacturer and Conservative Party politician.

White was born at Balham,^[1] the son of John Bazley White and his wife Mary. His father was a cement maker, who had pioneered the use of portland cement and acquired the cement making plant at Swanscombe, established by James Frost. White himself joined the firm of John Bazley White & sons.

In 1885 White was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gravesend.^[2] He held the seat until 1892.^[3] In 1889-90 he is noted as living at 21 Princes Gate.^[4]

White died at the age of 78.

White married Grace Leslie, a descendantof the Earl of Rothes on 10 April 1876.^[5]

Notes and References

1. British Census 1881 RG11 0141/96 P7
2. https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1886londuoft Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
3. Web site: Leigh Rayment . 7 September 2009 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20101231171509/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Gcommons2.htm . 31 December 2010 .
4. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45936 Princes Gate and Ennismore Gardens: The Kingston House Estate: Development by Peter and Alexander Thorn, 1868-74, Survey of London: volume 45: Knightsbridge (2000), pp. 171–174. Date accessed: 7 September 2009
5. Book: Peter Beauclerk Dewar. Burke's Landed Gentry the Kingdom in Scotland. 2001. Burke's Peerage and Gentry. 978-0-9711966-0-5. 889.