Sir Alexander Frederick Whyte (30 September 1883 – 30 July 1970) was a British civil servant, Liberal Party politician, writer, and journalist.
From 1920 to 1925, he served as the first President of the new Central Legislative Assembly of British India.
Biography
Alexander Frederick Whyte was born on 30 September 1883, the second of eight children, and eldest son born to the Reverend Alexander Whyte DD, and Jane Elizabeth Barbour, who married in 1881.
Whyte attended Edinburgh Academy and read modern languages at Jena University and at Edinburgh University, graduating with a first class degree. During this time he was President of Edinburgh University Union, and after graduation was warden of the Edinburgh University Settlement in 1907–8.