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Sorry, I should have made it clear that this search was conducted entirely by Internet/telephone. The helpful person I found answered when I phoned and a copy of my father's baptismal certificate was emailed to me.
lambre

My message about birth certificates in India 1900 was swept away befopre I had finished writing. The British Library holds the India Office records, and after searching for ages for my father's birth registration, a very helpful person there told me that at that date there were no birth certificates, only baptismal certificates.

lambre

I hope that the interest in Whyte, expressed on RootsChat some years ago, is still alive and well. As a direct descendant of Whyte via his daughter Sophia, I should be so glad to hear of any further progress made, and in return I can add some details from our family archives. I live in France and speak French, and I believe I have some information from this side of the Channel that was missing last time round.

Are there any ideas about his religion ? In general he would have had to be Catholic to serve in the French army, unless exceptions were made for the Irish Brigade ; on the other hand, the Lamberts were Protestant and a mixed-religion marriage to Anna Lambert would have been complicated to say the least.

It is said that "he was dubbed the Comte de Whyte de Malleville". Dubbed by whom, and was this title ever really recognised by the French authorities ? It obviously suited Sophia, marrying into a baronetcy, to lean on this title but...

I hope this will trigger some replies

lambre