Charles Whitefoord

(d. 1753)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Whitefoord, Charles, d. 1753 NRA: Whitefoord Charles (d 1753) Colonel DNB: Whitefoord, Charles (d. 1753), army officer LBT ID: ChWhite1753	DIED: 1753-01-02
SOURCES: DNB
Army officer whose actions at the Battle of Prestonpans figure in Sir Walter Scott's Waverley; he was the father of the diplomat Caleb Whitefoord (1734-1810).
REFERENCES TO Charles Whitefoord: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter V 1786-90 Found 1: ¶ 15