| 词条 | Caleb Whitefoord |
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"Whitefoord" redirects here. Not to be confused with the Whitefoord baronets.{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Caleb Whitefoord | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|post-noms= FRS FRSE}} | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Caleb Whitefoord by Sir Joshua Reynolds.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Caleb Whitefoord, by Sir Joshua Reynolds | birth_name = | birth_date = 1734 | birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | death_date = 25 January 1810 | death_place = Argyll Street, London, England | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Scottish | other_names = | citizenship = Great Britain | education = | alma_mater = Edinburgh University | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = Secretary to the commission which concluded peace between Great Britain and the United States at Paris, 1782 | style = | influences = | influenced = | home_town = | salary = | net_worth = | height = | weight = | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | religion = | denomination = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | website = | footnotes = | box_width = }} Caleb Whitefoord {{Post-nominals|post-noms=FRS FRSE RSA}} (1734 – 25 January 1810) was a Scottish merchant, diplomat, and political satirist. Born in Edinburgh in 1734, the illegitimate son of Colonel Charles (James) Whitefoord of the Royal Marines (son of Sir Adam Whitefoord, 1st Baronet),[1] he was educated at James Mundell's School and Edinburgh University.[2] He moved to London, and in 1756 became a wine merchant.[2] In 1782, he served as Lord Shelburne's envoy to Benjamin Franklin on the Peace Commission at Paris.[2] On 30 November 1782, during a meeting with Franklin and a French delegate, Whitefoord recorded that the Frenchman "talked of the growing greatness of America; & that the thirteen United States would form the greatest Empire in the World. — Yes sir, I replied & they will all speak English, every one of 'em. His Triumph was check'd, he understood what was intended to be convey'd, viz. that from a similarity of Language Manners and Religion that great Empire would be English not French".[3][4] In 1784, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and in 1788, upon the proposal of Robert Arbuthnot, Sir William Forbes and Alexander Fraser Tytler he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[2] In 1800, Whitefoord married a Miss Craven, and had issue, amongst whom an eldest son, Rev. Caleb Whitefoord, M.A. (Oxon.), rector of Burford with Whitton, Herefordshire, had five sons.[1] He died at 28 Argyll Street, London, on 25 January 1810, and was interred at Paddington Churchyard.[2] Works{{Expand list|date=June 2011}}
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References1. ^1 The Complete Baronetage, vol. IV, 1665–1707, ed. G. E. Cokayne, William Pollard & Co., 1904, pg 401 {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2012}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitefoord, Caleb}}{{Scotland-business-bio-stub}}{{Scotland-writer-stub}}{{UK-diplomat-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|last1=Waterston|first1=Charles D|last2=Macmillan Shearer|first2=A|title=Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002: Biographical Index|url=http://www.rse.org.uk/fellowship/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=22 March 2011|volume=II|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=978-0-902198-84-5|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004113303/http://www.rse.org.uk/fellowship/fells_indexp2.pdf|archivedate=4 October 2006|df=dmy-all}} 3. ^Albert Henry Smyth, The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume X: 1789–1790 (New York: Macmillan, 1907), p. 397 4. ^Stanley Weintraub, Iron Tears: America's Battle for Freedom, Britain's Quagmire: 1775–1783 (New York: Free Press, 2005), p. 324. 14 : 1734 births|1810 deaths|18th-century Scottish people|Fellows of the Royal Society|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Scottish merchants|Scottish diplomats|Scottish political writers|Scottish satirists|People from Edinburgh|People educated at James Mundell's School|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Political satire|British diplomats |
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