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WEBSTER, ERNEST RANDOLPH, son of Rev. Samuel King Webster, Vicar of Ingham, Lincs., and Rose Anna, dau. of John Saunders, Doctors’ Commons, London; b. 8 Jul 1854; adm. 2 Oct 1866 (James'), BB; QS 1868; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1872 (with Triplett), adm. sub-sizar 11 Jul 1872, sizar 1875, matr. 1872; BA 1876; MA 1887; ordained deacon 1879, priest 1880 (Winchester); held several curacies; Rector of Rettendon, Essex, from 1905; m. 19 Dec 1905 Amy Sophie, eldest dau. of Frederick Beesly MICE, civil engineer; d. 2 Sep 1912.

WEBSTER, ---; b.; adm. 1803; in school list Oct 1803.

WEBLEY, EDWARD, son of Henry Webley, Tidenham, Gloucs.; b. 22 Apr 1723 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) May 1739 (Watts'); Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Nov 1741; migr. to Jesus Coll., adm. pens. 31 Oct 1743, scholar 1743, matr. 1743; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Nov 1745, called to bar 28 Jun 1750; Chief Justice of Jamaica; member of Assembly, Jamaica; m. Mary Ashton; d. in Jamaica 20 Oct 1777.

WEBBER, WILLIAM, brother of Robert Webber (qv); b. 15 Mar 1723 [or 1723/4]; in school lists 1731-6; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. sizar 21 May 1743, aged 18, Matthews Scholar 10 Nov 1743, Poor Scholar 14 Jan 1743/4, matr. 1743; BA 1746/7; MA 1752 (incorp. Oxford 1754); adm. Inner Temple year 1742/3; ordained deacon (Norwich) 7 Jun 1747, priest (Chichester) 24 Jul 1748; Domestic Chaplain to Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox 19 Aug 1747, and to his son Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv), 1 May 1752; Rector of Selsey, Sussex, from 13 Jun 1750; Prebendary of Chichester from 30 Oct 1761, Canon Residentiary from 7 Aug 1772; Rector of West Stoke, Sussex, 30 Jun 1766-75; Rector of Birdham, Sussex, from 15 Aug 1775; FRS 5 Jun 1766; m. c. 1760 Ann, dau. of John Smith, Chichester, Sussex, surgeon; d. 18 Jun 1790, aged 66.

WEBBER, WILLIAM GEORGE EVERARD, son of William Charles Webber (qv); b. 12 Aug 1832; adm. 30 Jan 1847 (Scott's); left Christmas 1848; Ensign, 42nd Foot 23 Nov 1852; Lieut., 11 Aug 1854; Capt., 10 Aug 1855; served in Crimean War 1854-5; m. 4 May 1858 Catherine, only dau. of Col. --- Hammond, Lauriston House, Dover, Kent; d. at Sukkur, India 9 Jul 1866.

WEBBER, WILLIAM CHARLES, second son of Charles Webber (adm. 1772, qv); bapt. 9 Apr 1797; adm. 29 Mar 1806; left Bartholomewtide 1809; entered Royal Navy 1 Sep 1809; Midshipman on HMS Eurotas when she captured French ship La Clorinde 25 Feb 1814; Lieut., 3 Oct 1825; half-pay; Commander 1 Jul 1864; m. 18 Nov 1829 Catharine, dau. of Lieut. -Col. George Mason CB, EICS Bengal, Bengal Artillery; d. 19 Apr 1869, aged 72.

WEBBER, WILLIAM CHARLES FYNES, eldest son of James Webber (qv); b. 1 Jan 1815; adm. 5 Apr 1826; KS 1829; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1833, matr. 23 May 1833, Westminster Student; BA 1837; MA 1839; an Usher at the School 1837-40, left “on account of the extreme fewness of the T.B.” (Town Boy Ledger); ordained deacon 22 Dec 1839, priest 20 Dec 1840 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate of Maiden Bradley, Wilts., 1842-4; Rector of St. Botolph’s, Aldersgate, London 6 Jun 1845 – 3 Aug 1876; Minor Canon of St. Paul’s 2 Dec 1851 – 23 Dec 1858, Sub-Dean from 23 Dec 1858, Succentor 1859-75; m. 19 Apr 1853 his cousin Catherine Mary, eldest dau. of William Charles Webber (qv); d. at Lausanne, Switzerland 27 Jun 1881.

WEBBER, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 8) Sep 1723; in under school lists 1727.

WEBBER, THOMAS CHARLES, eldest son of Daniel Webb Webber KC (I) MP, Leekfield, co. Sligo, and Sarah, dau. of Charles Wood, Leekfield, co. Sligoi; b.; adm. 14 Jun 1813; KS (aged 14) 1815; electede to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1819, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matt. 21 May 1819; BA 1822; MA 1827; ordained; Rector of Castle Macadam, co. Wicklow, from 1826; m. 5 Sep 1832 Frances, second day. of Rev. Thomas Kelly, Kellyville, Queen's County, Ireland; d. 27 Feb 1845.

WEBBER, ROBERT, son of Robert Webber, Oxford, attorney, and Mary Andrews, St. Dunstan in the West, London; bapt. 25 Dec 1715; adm.; KS 1729; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1734, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1734, aged 18, scholar 2 May 1735, matr. 1734; BA 1737/8; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 18 Dec 1737, priest (Winchester) Mar 1739.