Paul Whitehead, Esquire

1710 - 1774  (64 years)

• Name	Paul Whitehead  [1]
  Suffix	Esquire
  Birth	6 Feb 1710	Castle Yard, Holborn, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Publication	1733	England
  	"State Dunces" a satiric poem
  Publication	1739	England
  	"Manners" a satirical poem. British Museum Additional MS. 25277, ff. 117–20.
  Publication	1744	England
  	"The Gymnasiad" a "mock heroic" in 3 cantos/books
  Publication	1747	England
  	"Honor" - political satire
  Member	Between 1749 and 1760	England
  	Hellfire Club (Founded by Sir Francis Dashwood)
  Paul Whitehead - Appointed Postmaster	26 Mar 1767	England   [2]
  		Paul Whitehead - Appointed Postmaster
  Death	20 Dec 1774	Covent Garden, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Paul Whitehead - Death Notice	16 Mar 1775	Covent Garden, Middlesex, England   [3]
  		Paul Whitehead - Death Notice
  Reference Number	3600
  Person ID	I3600	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family	Anna Dyer
  Family ID	F1347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Feb 1710 - Castle Yard, Holborn, Middlesex, England Publication - "State Dunces" a satiric poem - 1733 - England Publication - "Manners" a satirical poem. British Museum Additional MS. 25277, ff. 117–20. - 1739 - England Publication - "The Gymnasiad" a "mock heroic" in 3 cantos/books - 1744 - England Publication - "Honor" - political satire - 1747 - England Member - Hellfire Club (Founded by Sir Francis Dashwood) - Between 1749 and 1760 - England Paul Whitehead - Appointed Postmaster - 26 Mar 1767 - England Death - 20 Dec 1774 - Covent Garden, Middlesex, England Paul Whitehead - Death Notice - 16 Mar 1775 - Covent Garden, Middlesex, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show	3 Photos
  	Paul Whitehead, Equire by Joseph Collyer the Younger, after Thomas Gainsborough line engraving, published 1778 NPG D8313 © National Portrait Gallery, London Used for Family History purposes
  	Paul Whitehead - Appointed Postmaster
  	Paul Whitehead - Death Notice

  
  

• Sources

  [S1018] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 21. Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22 London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 21 [S1016] Newspapers.com - The Virginia Gazette - 26 Mar 1767 - Page 2, (Name: The Virginia Gazette; Location: Williamsburg, Virginia; Date: 26 Mar 1767;), 26 Mar 1767. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21758853/the_virginia_gazette/?xid=637 Paul Whitehead - Appointed Postmaster [S1017] Newspapers.com - Rind's Virginia Gazette - 16 Mar 1775 - Page 2, (Name: Rind's Virginia Gazette; Location: Williamsburg, Virginia; Date: 16 Mar 1775;), 16 Mar 1775. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21761357/rinds_virginia_gazette/?xid=637 Paul Whitehead - Death Notice