Thomas White (merchant)

Thomas White
Portrait of Sir Thomas White by "Sampson the paynter"[1] (1597). In the collection of the City of Oxford.
Lord Mayor of London
In office
1553–1554
Preceded byGeorge Barne
Succeeded byJohn Lyon
Sheriff of London
In office
1547–1548
Personal details
Born7 June 1492
Reading, Berkshire, England
Died12 February 1567
Parent(s)William White; Mary Kibblewhite
Statue of Sir Thomas White in Coventry, West Midlands

Sir Thomas White (7 June 1492 – 12 February 1567) was an English cloth merchant, Lord Mayor of London in 1553, and a civic benefactor and founder of St John's College, Oxford and Merchant Taylors' School.