Robert Grant Webster, JP (1845 – 14 January 1925) was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. Born in Marylebone, the only son of Robert Webster, an Edinburgh advocate, Robert Grant Webster was educated at Radley College and Trinity College, Cambridge, 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. 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 at Cockermouth in the

1880 UK general election The 1880 United Kingdom general election was a general election in the United Kingdom held from 31 March to 27 April 1880. Its intense rhetoric was led by the Midlothian campaign of the Liberals, particularly the fierce oratory of Liberal leade ...

, 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''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Webster, Robert 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