Rev. Caleb Whitefoord

Born on December 30, 1805, and dying on January 5, 1890, he was the eldest son of Caleb Whitefoord, the Scottish merchant, diplomat, and satirist of the same name. Records connected with his family identify him as an Oxford M.A. and as rector of Burford with Whitton, a parish linked with the Herefordshire and Shropshire border.

His best-known published work is Letter to the Friends and Subscribers of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society, issued in 1841. In it, he answered criticism from the Rev. Dr. Molesworth and argued in support of the society's mission, showing him as a churchman engaged in the practical and doctrinal arguments of his day.

Some editions of the work also describe him as chaplain to the Infirmary of St. James's, Westminster, and domestic chaplain to the Duke of Roxburghe and the Marquess of Bute. No clearly verified portrait of this Rev. Caleb Whitefoord was found in the sources reviewed, so a profile image is not included.