The following obituary appeared on March 24, 1877 in The Law Times, Volume LXII, page 378.
E. T. WHITAKER, ESQ.
The late Edward Thomas Whitaker, Esq., solicitor, of Lincoln’s-inn.fields, who died at Hinton, Berks, on the 6th ult., in the seventy-sixth year of his age, was the third son of the late Philip Whitaker, Esq., of Bratton, in the county of Wilts. He was born at Bratton in the year 1802, and was admitted a solicitor in Hilary Term, 1823. He was appointed in 1832 the solicitor for the affairs of Her Majesty’s Duchy of Lancaster, which he resigned in the year 1871. Mr. Whitaker married Emily Ann, daughter of Thomas Dedrick Woolbert, Esq., by whom he has left nine children. The remains of the deceased gentleman were interred at Hurst, Berkshire.
Brian Tompkins said,
November 21, 2007 at 7:26 am
Edward Whitaker was my 4th cousin, 5 times removed.
Brian Tompkins said,
December 15, 2007 at 8:19 am
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Bee said,
November 21, 2011 at 5:20 am
… and he was my 2 x great uncle.