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Rev. Caleb Whitefoord
1805–1890
An Anglican clergyman and religious writer, he is best known for a spirited 1841 defense of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society. He spent much of his later life as rector of Burford with Whitton, linking his name to parish life as well as print.
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About the author
Born in London on December 30, 1805, Caleb Whitefoord was the eldest son of Caleb Whitefoord and studied at Queen's College, Oxford, taking his B.A. in 1828 and M.A. in 1831. He later became rector of Burford with Whitton in 1843, a post he is consistently associated with in later records.
As a writer, he is remembered chiefly for Letter to the Friends and Subscribers of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society, published in 1841. The work answers criticisms made by Rev. Dr. Molesworth and shows him as an engaged churchman willing to argue publicly for the institutions and convictions he supported.
Whitefoord died on January 5, 1890, at the age of 84. Although he does not seem to have left behind a large body of widely known books, the surviving record suggests a life centered on ministry, church debate, and long service in the English parish he led.