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WEBB, RICHMOND, eldest son of Lieut. -Col. Richmond Webb, Bandon, co. Cork, and Sarah, dau. of John Griffyths, Downton, Radnorshire; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 11) 1761; KS 1762; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1767, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1767, but did not matr.; Ensign, 40th Foot 12 Nov 1762 [check]; Lieut., 16 Aug 1770; sold out 14 Mar 1777; last heard of Jun 1777.

Webb, Philip, son of Clifford Ernest Webb AMIEE, SSO Dept. of Industrial & Scientific Research, and Jocelyne, d. of Edgar Edward Samson of Braeside, Ayrshire; b. 14 Sept. 1930; adm. Sept. 1943 (KS); Public Schools Foils Champion 1948; left July 1948; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1948; UAU Foils Champion and Capt. OUFC 1949; drowned on holiday in France 25 July 1949.

WEBB, PHILIP GEORGE LANCELOT, brother of Edmund James Webb (qv); b. 4 Aug 1856; adm. 30 Sep 1867 (James'), exhibitioner 1870; QS 1871; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1875, matr. 20 May 1875; BA 1879; MA 1890; Higher Division Clerk, Patent Office 1880; Private Secretary to Comptroller-Gen., 1883-8; Chief Clerk 1898; Assistant Comptroller of Patents 1920-1; served during First World War as Establishment Officer, Ministry of Munitions 1915-6 and Deputy Controller of Petrol, Board of Trade 1916-9; CBE 1 Jan 1918; CB 1 Jan 1919; Hon. Secretary, Handel Society 1882-1934, Keats-Shelley Memorial Association 1922-32; author, Poems, 1927, and other works; d. 5 May 1937.

WEBB, MICHAEL; b. ; adm. ; KS 1681.

WEBB, JOHN, son of John Webb, London; b.; adm.; KS 1765; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1769 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 23 May 1769, aged 18, scholar 4 May 1770, matr. 1769; ordained deacon (London) 7 Mar 1773.

WEBB, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Oct 1742; left 1746.

WEBB, JOHN ERNEST ROBERTSON, son of John Craske Webb MD MRCS LSA, Lower Belgrave Street, Eaton Square, London, and Alicia J. S. Robertson (IGI); b. 20 Feb 1864; adm. 4 Jun 1877 (H); left May 1881; bequeathed £250 to the School; d. 16 Jan 1934.

WEBB, HENRY, brother of Edward Webb (qv); b. 19 Feb 1809; adm. 14 Jul 1818; adm. solicitor 1830; practised in London; of Redstone Manor, Reigate, Surrey; a well-known collector of English coins (sales at Sotheby’s 1885, 1894, 1895); m. (by c. 1841); d. 24 Mar 1894.

WEBB, EDWARD, son of Charles Tarr Webb, and Ann, dau. of Henry Aston; b. 13 Jul 1805; adm. 14 Jul 1818; water-colour painter and engraver; father of Sir Aston Webb RA, architect; m. 27 Nov 1844 Anne, dau. of John Evans, Stoke Newington, Middlesex; d. 4 Oct 1854.