Edward Whyte

Last Name:

Whyte

First Name:

Edward

Grave Plot No.:

696

Spatial:

Date of birth:

1809?

year of death:

1841

date of death:

05.12.1841

Ethnicity / Origin:

Scottish

Age at death:

Gender:

Male

Relationships:

Son of Thomas and Jane Whyte of Montrose

Full Epitaph:

Sacred to the memory of/ Edward Whyte Esq/ Of the firm of Mackenzie Lyall & Co./ (Calcutta Exchange)/ Who departed this life on the 5th December1841/ Aged 32 years/ -Llewelyn & Co. Sct

Occupation:

Merchant. Partner in Mackenzie, Lyall and Co.

Place of birth / origin:

Scotland

Places mentioned 1:

Montrose, Scotland

Place of death:

Calcutta

Cause of death:

Fever

Tomb architecture:

Box Tomb

Detailed information:

Edward Whyte was admitted as partner to Mackenzie, Lyall and Co. of Tank Square in 1832, followed by Mr. Alfred D Parker in 1838 and Mr. Francis B Paton in 1842. In 1829 the East India Company gave permission to Mr. Whyte to land and trade under certain conditions, also specifying what he covenanted to perform, concluding finally that he was not to leave the country "without paying his just debts". Whyte soon became the richest partner in the firm.
Under the Persons to Reside Act of 1826, the United Company Merchants of England had granted him “free license, power, and authority” to reside in “the principal settlement of Fort William in Bengal, belonging to the said United Company, in the East Indies… for the purpose of being employed in counting House of M C Jones, Mackenzie", and a contract was signed to that effect by William Babaingon.
[Ref: BPP, Vol.1,"The Old Calcutta Exchange", pp. 127-129]

According to the Freemason's Monthly Magazine Volume 1, November 1841, he was a senior warden of a lodge in Calcutta and "an ardent and enthusiastic mason".

Tomb built by:

Llewelyn & Co., Scts

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For his masonic connections see http://tinyurl.com/pf4xqpa

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