Charles Whibley (1859–1930) was an English literary journalist and author. Whibley’s style was described by Matthew as “often acerbic high-tory commentary”.H.C.G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, reference36851 In literature and the arts, his views were progressive. He supported James Abbott McNeill WhistlerBiography for: Charles Whibley at www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk (they had married sisters).Biography for: Ethel Whibley at www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk He also recommended T.S. Eliot to Geoffrey Faber, which resulted in Eliot being appointed as an editor at Faber and Faber.Roger Kojecky, T. S. Eliot's Social Criticism (1971), p. 55. Eliot's essay Charles Whibley (1931) was contained within his Selected Essays, 1917-1932.