- GB-2014-WSA-17843
- Person
- 1772-1847
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.