James Webber

{{Short description|English churchman}}

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James Webber (1772 – 3 September 1847) was an English churchman, Dean of RiponA Dictionary of Universal Biography: Of All Ages and of All Peoples, Hyamson, A.M., London : Routledge & Kegan Paul ; New York : E.P. Dutton & Co., 1966 from 1828 until his death.

Webber was the son of Rev. William Webber, canon of Chichester Cathedral, and his wife Anne {{nee|Smith}}.{{cite book|last=Fishwick|first=Henry|year=1854|title=The History of the Parish of Kirkham|pages=85–86|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rPBfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA85|access-date=22 May 2020}}

He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford matriculating in October 1789 aged 17, graduating B.A. 1793, M.A. 1796, B.D. 1807, D.D. 1809. He became tutor and censor at Christ Church.{{cite wikisource|title=Alumni Oxonienses|chapter=Webber, James (1)|wslink=Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886|last=Foster|first=Joseph|authorlink=Joseph Foster (genealogist)}}

Webber held the following positions in the church:

• Chaplain to Lord Robert Fitzgerald's Embassy at Copenhagen, 1795
• Chaplain to the Archbishop of York, 1811{{cite book|title=The Gentleman's Magazine|year=1811|volume=81|page=180|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rag2AQAAMAAJ&q="James+Webber,+Chaplain+to+the+Archbishop+of+York"&pg=PA181|access-date=22 May 2020}}
• Prebendary of York Minster, 1812
• Vicar of Sutton-on-the-Forest, Yorkshire, 1812
• Chaplain House of Commons, 1812
• Rector of Kirkham, Lancashire, 1813–1847
• Prebendary of Westminster Abbey, 1816–1847 (also Sub-Dean)
• Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster, 1828–1835{{cite book|last=Walcott|first=Mackenzie Edward Charles|year=1847|title=The History of the Parish Church of Saint Margaret, in Westminster|page=85|place=Westminster|publisher=W. Blanchard & Sons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IKJdAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA85|access-date=22 May 2020}}
• Dean of Ripon, 1828–1847

Webber was married to Caroline Frances Fynes, daughter of Rev. Dr. Charles Fynes Clinton, whom Webber succeeded as Rector of St. Margaret's after Fynes Clinton's death in 1827.{{cite book|title=The Gentleman's Magazine|year=1847|volume=28|page=551|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oAtd6H3_Rt4C&q="At+Ripon,+aged+75"&pg=PA551|access-date=22 May 2020}}

He died on 3 September 1847, aged 75, in Ripon.Deaths. The Times (London, England), Monday, Sep 06, 1847; pg. 7; Issue 19647. (233 words)