WHITE, HENRY VINCENT

County surveyor for Cos. Longford, 1874-1883, and Laois, 1883-1908. Henry Vincent White was born in Wexford on 13 February 1848 and studied engineering at Trinity College, Dublin, obtaining the Licentiate in Civil Engineering in 1869.(1) He then went to England where he was employed as assistant resident engineer by the corporation of Kingston-on-Thames.(2) In August 1874 he succeeded SAMUEL ALEXANDER KIRKBY SAMUEL ALEXANDER KIRKBY as county surveyor for Co. Longford, remaining in the post until September 1883 , when he was transferred to Co. Laois (Queen's ).(4) He resigned in 1908(5) and retired to Dublin. According to the street directories, he was living at St Helen's, Ailesbury Park, in 1933 and died there the following year, on 15 November 1934. His pupils and assistants included WILLIAM FITZ-GERALD BARRY  WILLIAM FITZ-GERALD BARRY and ROBERT HENRY KING. ROBERT HENRY KING.

ICEI: elected member, 1 December 1875;(6) reads paper, 'On the measurement of distances in levelling and survey operations', 2 June 1880;(7) reads paper, 'County work in Ireland considered in relation to Grand Jury laws', 2 December 1885;(8) awarded Mullins Silver Medal for latter, 1 December 1886;(9) reads paper, 'On the development of the Leinster coal field by railway communication', 13 April 1887.(10)
Incorporated Association of Municipal and County Engineers: elected member, 17 October 1891.(11)

Addresses:(12) St Helen's, Ailesbury Park, Dublin, <=1911-<=1933.

See WORKS and BIBLIOGRAPHY. BIBLIOGRAPHY.

References

All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from Brendan O'Donoghue, The Irish County Surveyors 1834-1944 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007), 324-326, which see for a more detailed account of White's career.

(1) R.C. Cox, compiler, Trinity College School of Engineering: 'Graduates' in Engineering 1843-1992 (1993), unpaginated.
(2) ICEI membership applications, II, 33.
(3) IB 25, 1 Sep 1883, 279.
(4) IB 50, 25 Jan,27 Jun 1908, 58,409.
(5) TICEI 11 (1874-76), 55.
(6) TICEI 13 (1879-1881), 82-89.
(7) TICEI 17 (1885-86), 19-81.
(8) TICEI 18 (1886-87), 2.
(9) TICEI 18 (1886-87), 29-46.
(10) Proc.Inc.Assn.Municipal & County Engineers 35 (1908-9)., list of members.
(11) From Thom's directories and ICEI lists of members.

2 work entries listed in chronological order for WHITE, HENRY VINCENT

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Building:	CO. CARLOW, CARLOW, WATERWORKS
Date:	1894
Nature:	To be constructed. Contractor: Thomas A. Dixon (£9,429).
Refs:	IB 36, 15 Apr,1 Jun,15 Sep 1894, 98,129,216

Building:	CO. LAOIS, PORTLAOISE, WATER SUPPLY
Date:	1894
Nature:	Proposed water supply scheme.
Refs:	IB 36, 15 Dec 1894, 294

Author	Title	Date	Details
White, Henry Vincent	'On the measurement of distances in levelling and surveying operations'	1880	TICEI 13 (1879-1881), 82-89.
White, Henry Vincent	'Country work in Ireland considered in relation to Grand Jury laws'	1885	TICEI 17 (1885-86), 19-81.
White, Henry Vincent	'On the development of the Leinster coal field by railway communication'	1887	TICEI 18 (1886-87), 29-46