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EMAIL US		bullet Charles WHITEFOORD was born on 9 Dec 1844. Parents: Charles WHITEFOORD and Mary ENRIGHT.

bullet Charles Alexander Anthony WHITEFOORD was born in 1965. Parents: Anthony WHITEFOORD and Margaret Anne Magdeline GREENLEES .

bullet Rev. Charles Blairquahan WHITEFOORD C.F. was born on 5 Jan 1885. He died in 1918 in France. Killed in Action He was buried in 1918 in Bagneux British Cemetry, Gezaincourt, Somme, France. Citation reads:

In Memory of

THE REV. C B. WHITEFOORD

Chaplain 4th Class
Army Chaplains' Dept.
attd 6th Bn., London Regt (City of London Rifles)
who died on
Thursday, 30th May 1918.

Additional Information:
Brother of Mr. C. A. B. Whitefoord, of 36, Broad St., Ludlow, Salop.


Commemorative Information

Cemetery:
BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT, Somme, France
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
II. E. 23.
Location:
Gezaincourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, situated 2 kilometres to the south-west of the
town of Doullens, and Bagneux British Cemetery lies to the south of the village. There is a
Commonwealth War Graves Commission signpost in Gezaincourt village opposite the "Chateau"
entrance.

Historical Information:
The Cemetery was begun in April, 1918 after the close of the German offensive in Picardy. At the end of
March, the 3rd, 29th and 56th Casualty Clearing Stations had come to Gezaincourt; they were joined for
a short time in April by the 45th, and they remained until September. The 3rd Canadian Stationary
Hospital, in the Citadel at Doullens, also buried in this Cemetery in May and June, 1918, and the 2nd
Canadian Division in April and May. There are now just under 1,400, 1914-18 war casualties
commemorated in this site. The bombing raid over Doullens on the 30th May, 1918 is recalled by the
graves in Plot III, Row A, as well as by the memorials erected to two officers whose graves in the
Cemetery cannot now be found. The cemetery covers an area of 3,514 square metres. Parents: Samuel Charles WHITEFOORD of Whitton Paddocks, Ludlow, Salop. and Mary MILLS.

bullet Charliot WHITEFOORD As noted in IGI Index, page 3690

She was married to William SMITH on 17 Jun 1742 in Stromness or Stenness, Orkney. As noted in IGI Index, page 3690 Children were: Alice SMITH , Charles SMITH, Allan SMITH , Morton SMITH, Caleb SMITH , Amelia SMITH, Douglas SMITH , Whitefoord SMITH, John SMITH, Grisel SMITH.

bullet Charlotta WHITEFOORD Parents: Charles WHITEFOORD.

bullet Claude Winwood WHITEFOORD Parents: Rev. Philip WHITEFOORD and Gertrude Relton HARDING.

bullet Elisabeth WHITEFOORD

She was married to William MORISEON on 27 Oct 1726 in Old Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire, Scotland.

bullet Elizabeth WHITEFOORD died. unmarried. Parents: Rev. Caleb WHITEFOORD M.A. and Sarah LAMBERT.

bullet Eveleen Margaret Mary WHITEFOORD was born on 6 Oct 1880 in Hammersmith, London, Middlesex, England. She appeared on the census in 1881 in Hammersmith, London, Middlesex, England. Describerd as the daughter of the Head of Household, aged 5 months, born in Hammersmith. Parents: Dr. Adam John WHITEFOORD and Ellen Mary COLE.

She was married to Caleb Alan Bryce WHITEFOORD on 18 Nov 1905. Children were: Marjorie Vernon WHITEFOORD.

bullet Hannah WHITEFOORD Parents: Rev. Caleb WHITEFOORD M.A. and Sarah LAMBERT.

bullet Hariot WHITEFOORD Parents: Caleb WHITEFOORD F.R.S.(1784), F.S.A. of London and Mary SIDDAY.

bullet Harriot WHITEFOORD Parents: Charles WHITEFOORD and Mary ENRIGHT.

bullet Helen Georgina WHITEFOORD was born in 1880 in Whitton, Shropshire, England. She appeared on the census in 1881 in Whitton, Shropshire, England. Described as daughter of the Head of Household, an infant, aged 1 and born in Whitton, Shropshire, England Parents: Samuel Charles WHITEFOORD of Whitton Paddocks, Ludlow, Salop. and Mary MILLS.

bullet Helen Jillian WHITEFOORD was born on 11 Dec 1931. Parents: Major-General Philip Geoffrey WHITEFOORD OBE, MBE, MC and Helen Marjorie WILLIAMSON.

She was married to Lt. Colonel Charles Aylmer GADE T.D. on 24 Feb 1960.

bullet Henry Fraser Lee WHITEFOORD was born on 12 Sep 1878 in Hammersmith, London, Middlesex, England. He appeared on the census in 1881 in Hammersmith, London, Middlesex, England. Describerd as the son of the Head of Household, aged 2, born in Hammersmith. He died after 1881. Parents: Dr. Adam John WHITEFOORD and Ellen Mary COLE.

bullet Hew WHITEFOORD died in Apr 1741. On Service. He was a Cornet, Cardogan's Dragoons. Parents: Sir Adam WHITEFOORD 1st Baronette of Blairquahan and Hon. Margaret CATHCART.

bullet Hugh Penry WHITEFOORD Parents: Rev. Philip WHITEFOORD and Gertrude Relton HARDING.

He was married to Helen Bertha ADELE. Children were: Caroline WHITEFOORD, Lucy Elizabeth WHITEFOORD .

bullet Isobel Fatherine WHITEFOORD Parents: Rev. Philip WHITEFOORD and Gertrude Relton HARDING.

bullet James WHITEFOORD

He was married to Louisa Jane IMPETT on 25 Aug 1835 in Creich, Fife. As noted in 1992 IGI, page 22383

bullet James WHITEFOORD of Dunduff Parents: Adam WHYTFORDE in Trochrig.

He was married to Isobel BLAIR. Children were: Sir Adam WHITEFOORD 1st Baronette of Blairquahan , Bryce WHYTFORDE of Dunduff and Concaird Castle , Jean WHYTFORDE.

bullet James WHITEFOORD died. as an infant. Parents: Sir John WHITEFOORD 3rd Baronette of Blairquahan and Anne CARTWRIGHT .

bullet James WHITEFOORD of Dalduff, Maybole

He was married. Children were: Jean WHITEFOORD.

bullet Jane WHITEFOORD died on 19 Sep 1817. Parents: Sir John WHITEFOORD 3rd Baronette of Blairquahan and Anne CARTWRIGHT .

bullet Janet WHITEFOORD was christened on 28 Feb 1703 in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland. Parents: William WHITEFOORD and Janet WHITEFOORD.

bullet Janet WHITEFOORD As noted in 1992 IGI, page 3370

She was married to William EYDEN on 8 Jul 1770 in Kelso, Roxburgh. As noted in 1992 IGI, page 3370

bullet Janet WHITEFOORD

Children were: Janet WHITEFOORD .

bulletJanet WHITEFOORD.

She was married to John ROBERTSON on 9 Aug 1787 in Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland.

bullet Jean WHITEFOORD was born about 1655 in Dalduff, Maybole, Ayrshie, Scotland. Parents: James WHITEFOORD.

She was married to John FERGUSSON. Children were: James FERGUSSON Lord Kilkerran, Adam FERGUSSON, Jean FERGUSSON, John FERGUSSON.

bullet Jemima WHITEFOORD was born in 1854 in Burford, Shropshire, England. She appeared on the census in 1881 in Greet, Shropshire, England. Described as the daughter of the Head of Household, aged 27, unmarried and born in Burford, Shropshire, England. She died in 1942. unmarried. Parents: Rev. Caleb WHITEFOORD M.A. and Sarah LAMBERT.

bullet John WHITEFOORD was christened on 30 Jan 1743 in Lanark, Lanark, Scotland. Parents: William WHITEFOORD and Christian DONALDSON.

bullet John WHITEFOORD 2nd Baronette of Blairquahan was born in 1700. He died on 2 Mar 1763 in Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland. He was a Colonel of the 12th Light Dragoons. He was a Lt. Colonel in the Army. He was a Burgess of Ayr. Sir Johm Whitefoord, the second baronet, entered the army in 1720, became Captain in 1726, and Major in 1742. In January 1750, he was made Colonel, was appointed Major General in 1758, and Lieutenant General in 1761.

James Forbes Whiteford, "The Whiteford Family" (c 1950) Parents: Sir Adam WHITEFOORD 1st Baronette of Blairquahan and Hon. Margaret CATHCART.

He was married to Alice MOORE of Tullyhalen. Children were: Sir John WHITEFOORD 3rd Baronette of Blairquahan, Alice WHITEFOORD , Margaret WHITEFOORD.

bullet Sir John WHITEFOORD 3rd Baronette of Blairquahan Photo was born in 1734. He owned Ballochmyle in 1766 in Ayrshire. Succeded to Ballochmyle (A Georgian House, now a hospital) on the death of his uncle, Allan Whitefoord. He was owner of Whitefoord House in Cannongate was built in 1769 in Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland. Whitefoord House - Canongate

A bland, three story block unrelieved by later accretions, Whitefoord House in the Canongate was designed by Robert Mylne in 1769 for Sir John Whitefoord of Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, a patron of Robert Burns. Gutted in 1850 for industry, became in 1909 the Scottish Naval, Military, and Air Force Veteran's Residence. Appropriatley named: "The Whitefoord." He owned between 1800 and 1810. Sold mansion house to the Blair family who demolished it to build Blairquhan CAstle in he Scots Colonial Style He died on 8 Apr 1803. without living hiers. He was a Major of the 11th Foot Regiment. Sir John Whitefoord, was the third, and last, baronet. He acquired the estate of "Ballochmyle", near Ayr, and was among those who were early to recognize the poetical genius of Robert Burns. He, in company with a near neighbor, the Earl of Glencairn, assisted Burns on getting the first publication of his poems, the "Kilmarnock Edition" (1786). Upon the death of the Earl, a few years later, Burns gave full expression of his gratitude for the assistance rendered in his "Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn."

James Forbes Whiteford, "The Whiteford Family" (c 1950)

The connection of Sir John Whitefoord, 3rd Baronet, with Robert Burns is highly significant. Although it could be argued that Burns would no doubt have been eventually "discovered" and would most likely also to have been just as successful without the help of Sir John Whitefoord and James, the Earl of Glencairn, it cannot, however, be disputed that their connection and influence helped Burn's first book of poems, the "Kilmarnock Edition" (1786) to be published.

Sir John was a notable agricultural reformer, a friend of the Earl of Glencairn, and Master of St. James's Masonic Lodge, Tarlbolton. Ballochmyle, the mansion house and estate, were situated on the west side of the Mauchline/Catrine Road (now the B705), one mile south of Mauchline.

When Burns moved into Mossgiel Farm, Mauchline, in 1784, Ballochmyle was owned by Sir John Whitefoord. The men had met as fellow-masons and continued to do so. In fact, Sir John was the Master of St. James Masonic Lodge in nearby Tarbolton. Sir John suffered financially by the collapse of the Ayr bank in 1772 and was eventually forced to sell Ballochmyle (1785). When the family moved out, Burns composed the song, "Farewell to Ballochmyle," also called "The Braes of Ballochmyle."

Burns added the following footnote to the song: "I composed the verses on the amiable and excellent family of Whitefoord leaving Ballochmyle. The 'Maria' referred to in the song was Sir John's daughter, Mary Anne Whitefoord."

The Braes of Ballochmyle is the wooded north bank of the River Ayr between Catrine and the Howford bridge.
(now the A76 Mauchline/Auchinleck Road).

The Burns-Lore of Ayrshire: Ballochmyle

On July 27th, 1784, Robert Burns was elected Deputy Master of St. James Masonic Lodge, at Manson's Inn to where it had moved only the previous month. The Master of the lodge was Sir John Whitefoord (1734-1803). third Baronet of Blairquhan and a noted agricutural improver. He was served heir of the Ballochmyle estate but, in the collapse of Douglas, Heron (bank) he was forced to sell to Claud(e) Alexander who had made his fortune as paymaster-general of the Bengal Army. John Kay, in his Edinburgh Portraits, described Sir John as "a remarkably smart, active little man."

Sir John Whitefoord was the first member of the landed gentry that Robert was to know personally and his connections were later to stand the poet in good stead.

After selling Ballochmyle to Claud(e) Alexander, Sir John moves to a house in the Anchor Close in Edinburgh. Dr. John Mackenzie, a friend of Burns, had advised the young poet to go to Edinburgh and look up Sir John. Mackenzie had told Burns that Sir John would be pleased to do what he could for him, so Robert took the bull by the horns. It appears that Robert had many enemies in Edinburgh and were only too ready to spread malicious gossip about him, just as they had in Ayrshire. Burns learned from Mackenzie that Sir John Whitefoord had stoutly defended him. In a letter to Sir John, Burns replied:

"With a tear of gratitude, I thank you, Sir, for the warmth with which you intersposed in behalf of my conduct. I am, I acknowledge, too frequently the sport of whim, caprice, and passion - but reverence to GOD, and integrity to my fellow-creatures, I hope I shall ever preserve."

James MacKay, Burns, A Biography of Robert Burns (1992)


Letter To Sir John Whitefoord Edinburgh, 1st December, 1786

"Sir: ... I have no return Sir, to make you for your goodness, but one -- a return which, I am persuaded, will not be unacceptable -- the honest, warm wishes of a grateful heart for your happiness, and everyone of that lovely flock who stand to you in a filial relation. If ever calumny aim the poisoned shaft at them, may friendship be by to ward the blow!" Robert Burns

A member of the Masons and at one time the Master of Lodge St. James, and in 1766 became Senior Grand Warden of Scotland. Parents: John WHITEFOORD 2nd Baronette of Blairquahan and Alice MOORE of Tullyhalen.

He was married to Anne CARTWRIGHT. Children were: Allan WHITEFOORD , John WHITEFOORD, James WHITEFOORD, James WHITEFORD, Charles WHITEFOORD, Mary Jane WHITEFOORD, Allice Lucy WHITEFOORD, Anne WHITEFOORD, Jane WHITEFOORD.

bullet John WHITEFOORD died on 9 Oct 1788. He was a Midshipman in the Royal Navy. Parents: Sir John WHITEFOORD 3rd Baronette of Blairquahan and Anne CARTWRIGHT.

bullet John WHITEFOORD Parents: Caleb WHITEFOORD F.R.S.(1784), F.S.A. of London and Mary SIDDAY.

bullet John WHITEFOORD was born on 25 Jun 1847. He died in 1892. unmarried. Parents: Rev. Caleb WHITEFOORD M.A. and Sarah LAMBERT.

bullet John WHITEFOORD Parents: Charles WHITEFOORD and Mary ENRIGHT.

bullet Jonet or Janet WHITEFOORD As noted in 1992 IGI, page 22383

He was married to James BROUN OR BROWN on 17 May 1649 in Dunfermline, Fife. As noted in 1992 IGI, page 22383

bullet Joyce Gertrude WHITEFOORD Parents: Rev. Philip WHITEFOORD and Gertrude Relton HARDING.

bullet Lionel Cole WHITEFOORD was born in 1876 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England. He appeared on the census in 1881 in Hammersmith, London, Middlesex, England. Describerd as the son of the Head of Household, aged 4, born in Wokingham, Berkshire, England He served in the military between 1914 and 1918 in France. Lt. Irish Guards, served in WWI. He died on 15 Sep 1916 in France. killed in action. He was buried after 15 Sep 1916 in Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Citation Reads:

In Memory of

LIONEL COLE WHITEFOORD

Lieutenant
1st Bn., Irish Guards
attd., Machine Gun Corps (Inf)
who died on
Friday, 15th September 1916.


Commemorative Information

Memorial:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C
Location:
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).



He was educated. privately. Parents: Dr. Adam John WHITEFOORD and Ellen Mary COLE.

He was married to Marjoie Agatha POSTLETHWAITE on 24 Aug 1904. Children were: Lionel Esmond Caleb WHITEFOORD, Alan Kennedy WHITEFOORD, Nigel WHITEFOORD, Neil Stewart Patrick WHITEFOORD, Anthony WHITEFOORD .

bullet Lionel Esmond Caleb WHITEFOORD was born on 11 Jul 1905. He died on 8 May 1927. He was educated in Eton. He was educated in Cambridge. Parents: Lionel Cole WHITEFOORD and Marjoie Agatha POSTLETHWAITE .

bullet Lucy WHITEFOORD was born in 1876 in Whitton, Shropshire, England. She appeared on the census in 1881 in Whitton, Shropshire, England. Described as daughter of the Head of Household, a scholar, aged 5 and born in Whitton, Shropshire, England Parents: Samuel Charles WHITEFOORD of Whitton Paddocks, Ludlow, Salop. and Mary MILLS.

bullet Lucy Elizabeth WHITEFOORD was born on 4 May 1935. Parents: Hugh Penry WHITEFOORD and Helen Bertha ADELE.

bullet Malcomn WHITEFOORD Parents: Caleb WHITEFOORD F.R.S.(1784), F.S.A. of London and Mary SIDDAY.

bullet Malcomn WHITEFOORD Parents: Charles WHITEFOORD and Mary ENRIGHT.

bullet Margaret WHITEFOORD died. as an infant. Parents: John WHITEFOORD 2nd Baronette of Blairquahan and Alice MOORE of Tullyhalen .

bullet Maria WHITEFOORD Parents: Caleb WHITEFOORD F.R.S.(1784), F.S.A. of London and Mary SIDDAY.

bullet Maria WHITEFOORD Parents: Charles WHITEFOORD and Mary ENRIGHT.

bullet Marion WHITEFOORD As noted in 1992 IGI, page 22383

She was married to Johne FOTHERINGHAME on 3 Apr 1662 in Dumfermline, Fife. As noted in 1992 IGI, page 22383

bullet Marjorie Vernon WHITEFOORD was born on 15 May 1907. She served in the military between 1939 and 1944. (WWII). She died on 20 Aug 1944. unmarried. She was buried on 20 Aug 1944 in Bangor (Llandegai Rd) Cemetry, Carnarvonshire, United Kingdom. Citation reads:

In Memory of

MARJORIE VERNON WHITEFOORD

Junior Commander
196715
Aux. Territorial Service
who died on
Sunday, 20th August 1944.

Additional Information:
Junr.


Commemorative Information

Cemetery:
BANGOR (LLANDEGAI ROAD) CEMETERY, Carnarvonshire, United Kingdom
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
Sec. A. Grave 6. Parents: Caleb Alan Bryce WHITEFOORD and Eveleen Margaret Mary WHITEFOORD.

bullet Mary WHITEFOORD was born in 1754. She was baptised on 4 Aug 1754 in Criooch, Stewarton, Ayr. She was christened on 4 Aug 1754 in Stewarton, Ayr, Scotland. Parents: William WHYTFORD and Mary WILSON.

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