Robert Grant Webster, JP (1845 – 14 January 1925) was a
British
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barrister and
Conservative Party
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politician.
Born in
Marylebone
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, the only son of Robert Webster, an Edinburgh advocate, Robert Grant Webster was educated at
Radley College
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and
Trinity College, Cambridge
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, where he took first-class honours in political economy. After taking his degree in law, he was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1869. He also served for sixteen years in the 3rd Battalion of the
South Lancashire Regiment
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. During the First World War, he commanded the 16th Divisional Column, Royal Field Artillery, achieving the rank of captain.
Webster stood unsuccessfully for the
Conservative Party
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at
Cockermouth
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in the
1880 UK general election, and at
St Pancras East in
1885
Events
January–March
* January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam.
* January 4 – ...
, but was elected there in
1886
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885.
* January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...
. He held his seat until he stood down in 1899.
Webster and wrote several books, including ''Shoulder to Shoulder'', ''The Trade of the World'', and ''The Law Relating to Canals''.
References
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1845 births
1925 deaths
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
People educated at Radley College
People from Marylebone
UK MPs 1886–1892
UK MPs 1892–1895
UK MPs 1895–1900
South Lancashire Regiment officers
Royal Field Artillery officers
British Army personnel of World War I
Members of the Inner Temple
English justices of the peace