Rev. Caleb Whitefoord

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Rev. Caleb Whitefoord

1805–1890

A 19th-century Anglican clergyman, he is remembered for writing in defense of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society and for a long ministry that linked Westminster church life with a rural rectorship in Burford with Whitton.

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Letter to the Friends and Subscribers of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society occasioned by a letter from the Rev. Dr. Molesworth

Letter to the Friends and Subscribers of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society occasioned by a letter from the Rev. Dr. Molesworth

by Rev. Caleb Whitefoord

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Born on December 30, 1805, Rev. Caleb Whitefoord was the eldest son of Caleb Whitefoord and was educated 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 held for many years.

His best-known published work is Letter to the Friends and Subscribers of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society (1841), a forceful reply to criticisms of the society. The title page presents him as chaplain to the Infirmary of St. James's, Westminster, and as domestic chaplain to the Duke of Roxburghe and the Marquess of Bute, suggesting a ministry that reached beyond the parish into prominent religious and social circles.

He died on January 5, 1890. After his death, papers connected with his father and grandfather were reviewed for publication, helping preserve the Whitefoord family's place in the historical record.