Joseph Whately or Whateley (1730–1797) was an English clergyman and Gresham Professor of Rhetoric.
[1] He was also a lecturer at Gresham College, where he was appointed Professor of Rhetoric in 1757.
[1] Whately married Jane, daughter of the Member of Parliament William Plumer.
[4] The youngest daughter died on 17 August 1866, widow of Sir David Barry.
[1] The third son changed his surname in 1805, and was known then as Joseph Thompson Halsey.