Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was perpetual curate at Keswick (1831-35), rector of Trinity Church, Ripon (1835-48), and vicar of Scarborough (1848-64).

REFERENCES TO John William Whiteside:

Robert Southey to James White, 6 February 1832 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)