WHITE, JOHN WILLIAM (1838-1927) was born near Limerick, Ireland, educated privately in Hobart, and spent three years in a solicitor's office in Sydney. After three more years in an office in Auckland, he was admitted to the bar (1868) and began to practise in Timaru. In 1870 he was appointed crown prosecutor and crown solicitor, and from 1874 to the abolition he represented Timaru in the Canterbury Provincial Council. White died in Timaru on 8 Nov 1927.

Cycl. NZ., iii; Who's Who N.Z., 1908, 1924; Andersen (B)

Reference: Volume 2, page 251

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