Webber, William Alexander
WEBBER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 14, 1870. [3rd] s. of the Rev. Edward Alexander (1823)
(and Frances Eliza). B. at Runnington, Somerset. Bapt.
Feb. 24, 1852. Matric. Michs. 1870; B.A. 1875; M.A. 1878.
Ord. deacon (Gloucester and Bristol) 1876; pnest, 1877; C. of
St James's, Gloucester, 1876-7. R. of Runnington, Somerset,
1877-06. R. of Brent-Eleigh, Suffolk, 1896-1904. Died
Sept. 2, 1904, aged 52. Brother of Edward J. (1868). {Eagle,
XXVI. 239; Crockford; The Guardian, Sept. 7, 1904-)
WEBER, CHARLES LEWIS. Adm. pens, at Trinity Feb. 4,
1864. S of C. F., of 35, Craven Hill Gardens, Hyde Park,
London. B. Apr. 1847. School, -Harrow. Did not reside. A merchant in Bombay. Died Feb. 25, 1909, m India.
(Harrow Sch. Reg.)
WEBER, FREDERIC PARKES. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June 10, 1882. S. of [Sir] Hermann [David] [M.D., F.R.C P.],
of 10, Grosvenor Street, London (and Matilda, dau. of John
F. Gruning, of Grove House, Highbury). B. May 8, 1863, m
London. School, Charterhouse. Matric. Michs. 1882; B.A.
1886; M.B. and B.Chir. 1889; M.A. 1891; M.D. 1892. At
St Bartholomew's Hospital, Vienna and Pans. House
Physician and House Surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital. M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1890; F.R.C. P., 1898. House Physician,
Brompton Hospital; Physician, Mount Vernon Hospital.
F S A Married, 1921, Hedwig Unger-Laissle, M.D. Author,
On Climate and Mineral Waters; Some Thoughts of a Dodor- etc. Of 68, Harley House, London, in 1952. {Medical
Directories; Who's Who.)
WEBER, WILLIAM EDWIN. Adm. pens, at Selwyn H., Oct. i,
1896. [Only s. of the Rev. George Henry, Chaplain at Bonn,
Germany.] B. May 29, 1878. [Schools, in Germany and
Campbell College, Belfast.] Matric. Michs. 1896; B.A. 1899;
M.A. 1903. Private tutor and English Master at the Evan-
gelisches Paedagogium, Godesberg-am-Rein, for 2^ years; Assistant Master at Blackheath Proprietary School in 1902;
at the Lyc^e de Nevers, Ni^vre, in 1905; at Chatham House
School, Ramsgate, 1905; at Bridlington Grammar School,
1906-8; at Glenalmond, 1909. Served in the Great War,
1914-19 (Lieut., Special List (Railway Transport Officer);
Captain). Principal of the School of Modem German, Bonn,
1923-39- Died July 29, 1942, at Richmond, Surrey. {Camp-
bell Coll. Reg., which gives B. 1876; Schoolmasters' Directories; The Times, Aug. 3, 1942-)
WEBSTER, ARTHUR HAROLD. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June 13, 1893. [Only] s. of Sir Richard Everard (i860)
[afterwards Viscount Alverstone], of Winterfold, Cranleigh,
Surrey. B. June 16, 1874, in London. School, Charterhouse.
Matric. Michs. 1893; B.A. 1896; M.A. 1901. Called to the
Bar, Lincoln's Inn, Apr. 26, 1899. On the South-Eastem Circuit. Married, May 10, 1898, Gwladys Marie de Grasse,
2nd dau. of Sir Francis Henry Evans, Bart., of Orpington,
Kent. Died Aug. 8, 1902, at Shanklin, Isle of Wight. The
Arthur Webster prize at Charterhouse was founded in his
memory by his father. (Scott, MSB.; Law Lists; Who was
Who; The Times, Aug. 9, 1902.)
WEBSTER, BARON DICKINSON. Adm. pens, at Clare,
May 10, 1834. [2nd s. of Joseph (and Maria Mary, dau. of
Sir Peter Payne, Bart.). B. Jan. 3, 1818.] Matric. Michs.
1834. Of Penns, Sutton Coldfield. Married (i) May 4, 1844,
Anna Maria, 2nd dau. of Stanley Pipe Wolferston, of Statfold
Park, Staffs.; (2) Anna Maria, dau. of Samuel Ellis Bristowe,
of Beesthorpe Hall, Notts., and had issue. Died Aug. 4, i860.
{Winchester Coll. Reg.; Al. Oxon., sub his son; Burke, L.G.;
C. R. Hudleston.)
WEBSTER, BENJAMIN. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Trinity Hall,
June 21, 1793. S. of Benjamin, of Granada, West Indies.
School, Bromley. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Oct. 21, 1794- Doubtless father of the next. {Inns of Court.)
WEBSTER, BENJAMIN. Adm. pens, {age 18) at Trinity,
Dec. 24, 1852. [Eldest] s. of Benjamin (? above) B. in
London. School, St Peter's, London. Matric. Michs. 1853; B.A. 1859. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Apr. 18, 1854. Called
to the Bar, Nov. 17, 1859. Of 2, Hare Court in 1870. (Law
Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar.)
WEBSTER, CHARLES. Adm. pens, (age 17) at St John's, Nov. 25, 1768. [Only] s. of Edward, of Soho, London. B. at
St Anne's, Soho. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1768. Adm.
at Lincoln's Inn, Mar. 28, 1768. Called to the Bar, Nov. 13,
1773- (St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 545; Inns of Court.)
WEBSTER, CHARLES. Adm. pens, (age 18) at St John's, Oct. 10, 1827. S. of — [William (1790)], of Ashbourne,
Derbs. School, Ashbourne. Matric. Michs. 1827. Called to
the Bar, Inner Temple, Nov. 22, 1833. Equity Draftsman and
Conveyancer. Brother of William (1814). {Law Lists.)
Webster, Harold Colin
WEBSTER, CHARLES HENRY. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 3, 1800. [S. of Gilbert.] B. Apr. 21, 1783, in Co. Down.
School, Fairfield, Devon (the vicar). Did not reside. Adm.
at St John's College, Oxford, whence he matric. Oct. 27, 1800, 'aged 17.' (Al. Oxon.)
WEBSTER, CHARLES HENRY. Adm. pens, at Queens', Oct. g, 1861. [S. of Thomas, of Northumberland Terrace, Everton,
Liverpool. B. July 2, 1837.] School, Winchester. Matric. Michs. 1861. Ensign, 20th Regt., 1858; Lieut., 1859; Capt.,
1869; Major, 1879; Lieut.-Col., 1883; Col., 1887; retired, 1887. Of Ashwick Grove, Oakhill, Bath. Married, Jan. 12, 1882,
Mary Beatrice, dau. of the Rev. William Appleford, of Portland, Dorset. (Winchester Coll. Reg.)
WEBSTER, ERNEST RANDOLPH. Adm. sizar at Trinity,
July II, 1872. S. of the Rev. Samuel King {1838), V. of
Ingham, Lines, (and Rose Anna, dau. of John Saunders).
B. July 8, 1854, at Ingham. School, Westminster. Matric.
Michs. 1872; B.A. 1876; M.A. 1887. Ord. deacon (Win-
chester) 1879; priest, 1880; C. of Haslemere, Surrey, 1879-82.
C. of Sydenham, 1882-8. C. of St Anne's, Brookfield, High-
gate Rise, 1889-1902. C. of St Luke's, Bromley Common, Kent, 1903-5. R. of Rettendon, Essex, 1905-12. Married,
Dec. 19, 1905, Amy Sophia, eldest dau. of Frederick Beesly,
M.I.C.E. DiedSept. 2, 1912, at Carshalton, Surrey. (Record
of Old Westminsters; Crockford; The Times, Sept. 4, 1912.)
WEBSTER, GEORGE ALEXANDER. Adm. at Caius, Oct. i,
1880. S. of Alexander George, merchant, of Hobart Town,
Tasmania. B. there, Sept. 29, i860. School, Hutchins School
and High School, Hobart. Matric. Michs. 1880; (Nat. Sci.
Trip., ist Class, 1883); B.A. 1884; M.B. 1889. At St Bar-
tholomew's Hospital; Junior House Surgeon there. M.R.C.S., 1886. House Surgeon and House Physician, West London
Hospital. Of Hobart, Tasmania, in 1890, and of Melbourne,
Australia, in 1900. Again in practice at Hobart, where he
died Jan. 12, 1911. (Venn, 11. 446; Medical Directories.)
WEBSTER, GEORGE EDIS. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity,
May 12, 1804. S. of Daniel, of Deene, Northants. [B. Jan. 5,
1787.] Bapt. Mar. 15, 1787. School, Westminster. Matric. Michs. 1804; Scholar, 1805; B.A. {8th Wrangler) 1808; M.A.
i8ii. Fellow, 1810-32; Senior Dean, 1831-2. Ord. deacon,
1811; priest, 1812. R. of Grundisburgh, Suffolk, 1832-69. Died Nov. 25, 1869. (Record of Old Westminsters; Crockford.)
WEBSTER, GEORGE EDWARD. Adm. pens, at Jesus, July 3,
1844. Doubtless same as the next.
WEBSTER, GEORGE EDWARD. Adm. pens, at Queens', Oct. 15, 1845. [Doubtless youngest s. of the Rev. Thomas
(1800), deceased. School, Oakham.] Matric. Michs. 1845.
At St Bartholomew's Hospital. M.R.C.S.; L.S.A., 1851. Of
Upper Norwood, London, S.E., in 1880. Author, Notes on
Cholera. Brother of John H. (1834), etc. (Medical Direc-
tories.)
WEBSTER, GEORGE EDWARD. Adm. at Caius, Oct. i, 1887.
S. of William, schoolmaster, of Bolton, Lanes, (and Anne).
B. there, Dec. 2, 1868. School, Heversham. Matric. Michs. 1887. (Venn, n. 494.)
WEBSTER, GEORGE HORATIO. Adm. sizar at Queens', July 7, 1819. Of Norfolk. Matric. Michs. 1819; B.A. 1823; M.A. 1828. Ord. deacon (Norwich) May 25, 1823; priest,
June 13, 1824. R. of All Saints, Norwich, 1825-52- Dis- appears from Clergy List, 1867.
WEBSTER, GEORGE LESLIE. Adm. at Clare, July 9, 1900.
School, Seafield Park College. Did not reside.
WEBSTER, Sir GODFREY [VASSAL], Bart. Adm. Fell.-Com. at
St John's, Sept. 18, 1806. [Eldest s. of Sir Godfrey, 4th Bart. (Oriel College, Oxford, 1737), M.P. (and Elizabeth,
dau. of Richard Vassal, of Jamaica). B. Oct. 6, 1789.] Had
succeeded as 5th Bart., June 3, 1800, his father having shot
himself 'after ill luck at play.' Of Battle Abbey, Sussex. M.P. for Sussex, 1812-20. Married, Aug. 22, 1814, Charlotte,
eldest dau. of Robert Adamson, of Co. Westmeath, and had
issue. 'His mode of life was characterized by very great
expense and extravagance, which at length drove him into
retirement.' Died July 17, 1836, in London. (Al. Oxon.; Return of M.P. s; Complete Baronetage, iv. 188.)
WEBSTER (post KING-WEBSTER), HAROLD COLIN. Adm.
pens, at Trinity, June 25, 1897. S. of Thomas, of Leaseowe
Bank, Wallasey, Cheshire. B. Apr. 29, 1879, at Birkenhead.
School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1897; B.A. 1900; M..\. 1904.
Adm. Solicitor, 1904; practised at Liverpool. Assumed the
name of King- Webster, 1911. Served in the Great War,
1914-19 (R. Fusiliers). Latterly of Ringford, Kirckcud- brights. (Harrow Sch. Reg.)
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