Luke White (died 1824)
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Luke White (died 1824)
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Luke White was an Irish bookseller, operator of a lottery and Whig politician. He started as an impecunious book dealer, first in the streets of Belfast, then from 1778 at an auction house in Dublin buying and reselling around the country. By 1798, during the Irish Rebellion, he helped the Irish government with a loan of 1 million pounds. He then purchased Luttrellstown Castle from Henry Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton in 1800, and changed its name to Woodlands to eradicate the memory of its pr
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Irish politician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_White_(died_1824)
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2007-02-22T11:01:02Z
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2024-08-29T08:25:16Z
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