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Webber, William, 1724-1790
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1724-1790
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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.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.