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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 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, 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.

WEBB, CLEMENT CHARLES JULIAN, brother of Edmund James Webb (qv); b. 25 Jun 1865; adm. 22 Sep 1876 (J), exhibitioner 1879; QS 1880 (the last “Liberty Boy”); Mure Scholar 1882; Capt. of the School 1883; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1884, matr. 10 Oct 1884; 2nd cl. Cl. Mods 1886, 1st cl. Lit. Hum. 1888; BA 1888; MA 1891; Fellow, Magdalen Coll. 1889-1920, Tutor 1890, Senior Dean 1894-7, Vice-Pres. 1898-9; Senior Proctor 1905-6; Tutor in Philosophy to Non-Coll. students 1907-20; Oriel Professor of Christian Philosophy, Oxford Univ. 1920-30; Fellow, Oriel Coll. 1922-30, Hon. Fellow from 1930; LLD St. Andrew’s 1922; FBA 1927; DD Glasgow 1937; author, A History of Philosophy, 1911, and other works; a Governor of the School from 1905; Busby Trustee May 1914; m. 15 Aug 1905 Eleanor Theodora, dau. of Rev. Alexander Joseph, Rector of St. John’s, Chatham, Kent; d. 5 Oct 1954.

Webb, Christopher Cyril, son of J.B. Webb, of Clapham, Surrey; b. March 29, 1902; adm. May 4, 1916 (G); left Dec. 1916.

WEBB, CHARLES THOMAS, son of James Webb, Brimscombe, Stroud, Gloucs., and Mary --- (IGI); bapt. Stroud, Gloucs. 21 Aug 1799 (IGI); adm. 19 Feb 1811; KS (aged 14) 1815; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1819, adm. pens. 20 May 1819, scholar 1820, matr. 1819.

WEARE, THOMAS WILLIAM, elder son of Col. Thomas Weare KH, Hampton House, Hereford, ADC to Queen Victoria, and Anne, dau. of John Pugh, Gaer, Radnorshire; b. 2 Nov 1813; adm. 16 Jan 1826 (G); KS 1828; rowed v. Eton 12 May 1831; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1832, matr. 7 Jun 1832, Westminster Student; BA 1836; MA 1838; ordained deacon 1839, priest 1840 (both Oxford); Curate, East Sutton, Kent; Under Master of the School 27 Sep 1841 – Aug 1861; Rector of Isfield, Sussex, from 27 Aug 1867; gave evidence before the Public Schools Commission 21 Jun 1862 (Parliamentary Papers 1864, xxi, 402-11); composed the inscription on the Crimean War Memorial, and a number of epilogues and epigrams; author, The Trinummus of Plautus, translated into English Verse by an Old Westminster, 1860; m. 1st, 23 Aug 1853 Louisa Emma Mary, dau. of Henry Fynes-Clinton (qv), and his first wife; m. 2nd. 17 Apr 1866 Henrietta Maria, third dau. of Capt. William Henry Majendie, 1st Foot Guards; d. 24 Feb 1871.

WEARE, SIR HENRY EDWIN, brother of Thomas William Weare (qv); b. 27 Aug 1825; adm. 3 Jul 1837 (Benthall's); QS 1840; left Oct 1841; Ensign, 32nd Foot 29 Oct 1841; Lieut., 22 Dec 1843; Capt., 26 May 1848; exchanged into 50th Foot 18 Aug 1848; Maj., 22 Dec 1854; Lieut. -Col., 6 Jun 1856; Col., 10 Apr 1863; Major-Gen., 9 Nov 1868; ret. as Lieut. -Gen., 12 Aug 1881; served in Punjab campaign 1848, Crimean War 1854-5 (severely wounded at battle of the Alma 20 Sep 1854) and New Zealand War 1863-6; mentioned in despatches LG 10 Oct 1854, 14 May 1864, 12 Apr 1865; CB 5 Jul 1865; KCB 30 May 1891 [check]; m. 16 Jul 1850 Charlotte Georgiana, only dau. of Rev. Charles Oxenden, Rector of Barham, Kent; d. 31 Dec 1898.