WHITHED, Francis (?1719-51), of Southwick Park, Hants.

Whithed’s uncle left him large estates in Hampshire, in which he was confirmed by the court of Chancery against an attempt by his elder brother, Alexander Thistlethwayte to dispute the will.B. Whitehead, Whitehead Fams. 24. He lived in Italy from 1740 to 1746 with his cousin John Chute, making friends with young Horace Walpole and the poet Gray, on their grand tour. Returned for Hampshire in 1747 as a government supporter, he died 30 Mar. 1751, leaving his estates to his two brothers, subject to small bequests to his Italian mistress and daughter.PCC 128 Busby.