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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, 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, 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.

WEBBE, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1600, Westminster Student Jan 1600/1-11; BA 1604; MA 1607; ordained deacon (Oxford) 12 Mar 1608/9; Rector of Harpsden, Oxfordshire 27 Oct 1614-39.

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, EDMUND JAMES, second son of Rev. Benjamin Webb, Vicar of St. Andrew’s, Well Street, London, and Prebendary of St. Paul’s, ecclesiologist, and Maria Elphinstone, dau. of Rev. William Hodge Mill, Canon of Ely and Regius Prof. of Hebrew, Cambridge Univ.; b. 15 Oct 1852; adm. 22 Jan 1864 (James'); QS (Capt. ) 1867; Capt. of the School 1870; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1871, matr. 27 May 1871; BA 1875; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 11 Jan 1875; law student (1881 Census), writer (1901 Census); author, A History of England for the use of Schools and Colleges, 1889; m. 25 Nov 1913 Katharine, only dau. of Rev. William Fulford Adams, Rector of Weston-sub-Edge, Gloucs.; d. 17 Nov 1945.