Thomas Waite (11 November 1718 – 2 February 1780), was an Irish civil servant. Waite was

Under-Secretary for Ireland The Under-Secretary for Ireland (Permanent Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland) was the permanent head (or most senior civil servant) of the British administration in Ireland prior to the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 ...

to the

Chief Secretary for Ireland The Chief Secretary for Ireland was a key political office in the British administration in Ireland. Nominally subordinate to the Lord Lieutenant, and officially the "Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant", from the early 19th century un ...

between 1747 and 1777. He was also Secretary to the Lords Justices of Ireland during the long absences from Ireland of the

Lord Lieutenant A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility ...

and

in the period up to 1767.

References

PRONI - Wilmot Papers (T3019)
Under-Secretaries for Ireland Members of the Privy Council of Ireland 1718 births 1780 deaths {{Ireland-bio-stub