Whyte (Redhills)
The Whytes of Redhills, Belturbet, county Cavan, descend from Francis Whyte who was Chief Secretary to Viscount Grandison, Lord Deputy of Ireland 1616-1621. He married Dorcas Newcomen and their son Thomas Whyte settled at Redhills and was Lord of the manor of Ballynagrane, county Tyrone. The descendants of Thomas Whyte married with members of the Saunderson, Edgeworth and Napper families. Colonel Francis Whyte of Redhills died in 1779 and left his estate to his sister Anne, wife of John White of Rathgonan and Loghill, county Limerick. Their grandson Francis Melville White died in 1833 leaving his estates to his niece Georgina Mary Enderby. In 1847, Georgina married the Reverend Edmund B. Venables. Most of the estate was in the parish of Annagh, county Cavan.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Prospect House (Cavan) | Knockateery | Annagh | Cavan | Castlesaunderson | Tullygarvey | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H413144
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 27 |
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| Redhill House | Redhill Demesne | Annagh | Cavan | Red Hill | Tullygarvey | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H450173
OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 27 |
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Archival sources
- Envelope of leases, surveys correspondence and photographs concerning the Whyte, later Whyte-Venables, family of Redhills, Co. Cavan, mainly concerning the lands of Killybandrick and Shanow, 1725-1844. [See also D3531/C/10/1-7.] 1725-1904. D3480/42; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Annabella Singleton of Fort Singleton, Co. Monaghan to Thomas Whyte of Redhills, Carricklongfield. Draft Bill for payments of rent. Carricklongfield. 20 November 1838. D988/19 & /20; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- P. Whyte, Redhills to Thomas Singleton of Blaneys Bridge. Letter concerning visit to Redhills. 4 November 1741. D988/28; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Livingstone, 30 Jun 1853, Vol 21 (57) & 6 May 1864, Vol 72 (52), MRGS 39/010 & MRGS 39/036, (microfilm copy in NUIG) - lands of Killyfana, parish of Annagh, original lease from Francis and Thomas White to Reverend James Cottingham; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 28 (Redhills)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS County Cavan: I, 89 (Redhill)