Arnold Whitaker Oxford (1854 - 30 May 1948) was a Church of England clergyman who later pursued a medical career. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1876. He was ordained as a priest in 1878. After holding a number of curacies, he was appointed vicar of St Luke's, Berwick Street, Westminster in 1883. in 1886 he published a collection of hymns: The Berwick Hymnal. The preface to the book revealed his extremely liberal theology and he was accused of having Unitarian or secularist leanings. He was elected as a "Progressive" member of the London School Board representing Westminster in 1888, running on a policy of ending sectarian divisions in education. He lost his seat in 1891, but regained it in 1894.