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

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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, WILLIAM BERESFORD, son of Charles Locock Webb QC, barrister, Bencher Middle Temple, and Sarah Ann --- (IGI); b. 7 Dec 1855; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (James'); left Christmas 1872; employed London Stock Exchange; accountant (1881 Census, then unm. ).

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.