Jacques-François-Xavier de Whyte

Jacques-François-Xavier de Whyte, comte de Malleville (1730 – 1790s), born James Francis Xavier Whyte, was an Irish nobleman and former officer of the French Army imprisoned in the Bastille from 1784 to 1789.

Biography
Having been declared insane, Whyte was moved from a hospital to the Bastille in Paris in 1784. He grew a long beard and believed himself to be Julius Caesar, speaking in Latin.

On 14 1789, the Storming of the Bastille took place, and Whyte was freed by protesters. Within a week however, he was sent to the.