James Cobb White

James Cobb White (29 November 1855 – 18 January 1927) was an Australian politician.

He was born at Edinglassie near Muswellbrook to pastoralist Francis White and Mary Hannah Cobb. He received a private education and farmed the family property. In 1882 he married Emiline Eliza Ebsworth, with whom he had five children. He and his brother expanded the family holdings to include further property in New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory. He served as president of Muswellbrook Shire. In 1908 he was a Liberal nominee to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he remained until his death at Edinglassie in 1927.[1]