White, William Hale (1831–1913)

English novelist. He wrote under the pseudonym Mark Rutherford. His works, which comment on religious and social matters, include The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Dissenting Minister 1881, Mark Rutherford's Deliverance 1885, and the controversial Clara Hopgood 1896, in which Clara's sister will not marry the man by whom she is pregnant.

White was born in Bedford, entered the Admiralty as a clerk, and rose to be assistant director of contracts.