Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He was schooled at Edinburgh Academy. He played forProvincial career
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the inter-city match ofInternational career
He was capped three times for Scotland, in the period 1888 to 1889.Business career
He worked on the P & O Shipping Line.Military career
In the First World War he served with the Royal Navy.Medical career
White went to Edinburgh University to study medicine. He graduated with a M. B. and C. M. in 1888. White became a surgeon, first at the County Hospital in Ayr, then started his own practice in Moffat as a G.P. in 1894. With the exception of the war years, the last 45 years of his life were spent in Moffat.Other interests
White was a noted Freemason. He also like golf and curling.Family
His father was Andrew White (1828–1879) and his mother was Janet Young (1831–1869). Andrew White was a solicitor and bank clerk in Cumnock. Tom was one of their seven children. He married Isabelle Constance Megret (1869–1942) in Edinburgh in February 1901. They had one daughter, Anita Louise White, a figure skater who represented France at theDeath
White, who had otherwise been in good health, suddenly fell ill and died on 5 July 1939, aged 73.References
1866 births 1939 deaths Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players Edinburgh Academicals rugby union players Edinburgh District (rugby union) players East of Scotland District players Rugby union players from East Ayrshire People from Cumnock Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Royal Navy personnel of World War I 19th-century Scottish medical doctors 20th-century Scottish medical doctors Rugby union forwards {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub