Whitefoord, Caleb
From AngloScottish
| Dates | 1750-1810 | ||
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| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Wine merchant | ||
| Place of Birth | Edinburgh | ||
| Marriage | Mary Sidday | ||
| Issue | Charles, Maria, Caleb, Charles, Harriet | ||
| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Migrated to London in 1750 as apprentice to Archibald Stewart, wine merchant. Set up own business in the wine trade (1754) at 38 Craven Street (next door to Benjamin Franklin). Business prosperity meant that Whitefoord could branch out into political journalism. Published 'New Method of Reading Newspapers' (1766). Member of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (1762). Also elected to a number of societies. Friendship with Benjamin Franklin put Whitefoord within diplomatic sphere and he was chosen to act as an intermediary between Franklin and the British government. Died at his house in Argyll Street (1810)
