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WEBBER, JAMES, son of William Webber (qv); bapt. 16 Jun 1772; adm. 9 Sep 1783; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1789, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1790 – res 21 Dec 1813, Tutor 1794-1810, Junior Censor 1804-5, Senior Censor 1806-10, Catechist 1806-10, Librarian 1808; BA 1793; MA 1796; BD 1807; DD 1829; adm. Middle Temple 8 Feb 1790; ordained; Chaplain to British Embassy, Copenhagen 1795; Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1798; Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford 31 Jan 1803; Perpetual Curate of Great Torrington, Devon 28 Jun – Dec 1810; Vicar of Sutton on the Forest, Yorks., 1810; Chaplain to House of Commons 1812-5; Prebendary of York 29 May 1812 – Nov 1828, Chichester May 1813 – Jul 1827, Ripon 20 Aug 1814 – Nov 1828, and Westminster from 24 Feb 1816; Rector of Kirkham, Lancs., from 18 Jan 1813; Curate, St. Margaret’s, Westminster 26 Feb 1828-35; Dean of Ripon from 28 Nov 1828; m. 13 Sep 1813 Caroline Frances, sister of Henry Fynes-Clinton (adm. 1796, qv); d. 3 Sep 1847, aged 75.

WEBBER, GEORGE HENRY, son of Charles Webber (adm. 1772, qv); bapt. 14 Feb 1801; adm. 14 Jun 1808; KS 1815; Capt. of the School 1819; elected head to Christ church, Oxford 1820, matr. 12 May 1820, Westminster Student; BA 1824; MA 1826; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1824, priest 29 May 1825; Vicar of Great Budworth, Cheshire, from 28 Mar 1826; Vicar of West Hampnett, Sussex 20 Dec 1827-8; Prebendary of Chichester 25 Jul 1827-40, Ripon from 28 Jun 1830; m. 19 May 1835 Frances, youngest dau. of George Worsley (qv); d. 4 Mar 1858, aged 57.

WEBBER, FRANCIS PEIRSON, son of Charles Webber (adm. 1772, qv); bapt. Boxgrove, Sussex 1 Nov 1798 (IGI); adm. 3 Jun 1806; left 1813; Ensign, 2nd Foot 2 May 1816; Lieut., 22 May 1817; half-pay 25 Dec 1818; Lieut., 36th Foot 25 Nov 1819; half-pay, Rifle Brigade 30 May 1822; d. 30 Oct 1822.

WEBBER, ETIENNE AUGUSTE, son of Ven. Richard L. Webber, Archdeacon of Demerara; b. 7 Nov 1868; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (A); left Apr 1885; m. 7 Sep 1929 Mary Eirene Agnes, widow of William McLaughlin Jones, Bermuda, and elder dau. of Ven. Samuel Edward Branch, Archdeacon of Antigua; d. 13 Feb 1943.

WEBBER, EDWARD AUGUSTUS, son of James Webber (qv); b. 15 Aug 1816; adm. 9 Apr 1828; KS 1831; drowned while sailing on the Thames in a violent storm 11 Jun 1833. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey (tablet now in Dark Cloister).

WEBBER, CYRIL WILLIAM, son of James Webber (qv); b. 24 Mar 1821; adm. 13 Oct 1834; d. 18 Jan 1839.

WEBBER, CHARLES, son of Charles Webber (adm. 1772, qv); bapt. 30 Aug 1794; adm. ; KS 1809; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1813, matr. 1 Jun 1813, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1816; MA 1820; ordained; Curate, Tangmere, Sussex 1818; Master of Chichester Prebendal Sch. ; Prebendary of Chichester from 28 Jun 1824, Canon Residentiary from 20 Jan 1829; Rector of Felpham, Sussex 22 Jul 1830-2; Rector of Staunton-on-Wye, Herefs. , from 10 May 1837; m. 3 Mar 1840 Caroline, dau. of Robert Webber, Brockley Hill, Middlesex; d. 6 Mar 1850, aged 55.

WEBBER, CHARLES, son of William Webber (qv); bapt. 17 May 1762; adm. 2 Mar 1772; in school lists 1775; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1778, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1778 – void 10 Oct 1789 (expiry year of grace as V. Boxgrove from 10 Oct 1788); BA 1782; MA 1785; ordained priest 28 Oct 1786; Domestic Chaplain to Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv), 6 Jan 1787; Vicar of Boxgrove, Sussex, from 4 Oct 1788; Vicar of Eartham, Sussex 21 Dec 1797-8; Prebendary of Chichester from 25 Apr 1798, Canon Residentiary from 6 May 1801, Archdeacon of Chichester 5 Mar 1808 – Dec 1840; Rector of Tangmere, Sussex 2 May 1798-1828; Rector of Felpham, Sussex 6 Sep 1806-25; Warden of St. Mary’s Hospital, Chichester, Sussex 5 May 1825; Vicar of Amport, Hampshire, from 20 Mar 1828; m. 18 Nov 1789 Mary Peirson; d. 13 Jun 1848, aged 86.

WEBBER, CHARLES, brother of Robert Webber (qv); b. 29 Aug 1722; in school lists 1733; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1736; left 1738; entered Royal Navy 1740; Lieut., Royal Navy 23 Jan 1743/4; Cdr., 1756; Capt., 5 Apr 1756; Rear-Adm. 26 Sep 1780; present at siege of Havana 1782; m. 1770 Ann Vining, dau. of Patrick Heron, Havant, Hampshire; d. 23 May 1783.

WEBBER, CHARLES JAMES WALTER, son of James Webber (qv); b. 5 Jul 1824; adm. 22 Oct 1834; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1842, Canoneer Student 1843-5; entered Austrian Army; Lieut., 4th Austrian Lancers; d. in England from effects of wound caused by the accidental discharge of a pistol, 9 Jun 1850.