John Richmond Webb (judge) explained

John Richmond Webb (1721 – 15 January 1766), of Biddesden in Hampshire, was an English lawyer who served briefly as a Member of Parliament and as a Welsh judge.

Webb was the eldest son of General John Richmond Webb by his second marriage. He was admitted as a member of Lincoln's Inn in 1739 and was called to the bar in 1745; he became a bencher of his inn in 1762. In 1761 he was elected to Parliament as member for Bossiney, and was a supporter of The Earl of Bute until his death five years later. In December 1764 he was appointed a judge on the Brecon circuit, which Prime Minister Grenville later cited as an example of the favour that the Grenville government showed to Bute's friends.[1]

He had an illegitimate daughter. In 1738 he inherited Biddesden House and its estate, in Ludgershall parish on the Wiltshire-Hampshire border, from his half-brother Borlace Richmond Webb.[2]

He died unmarried, and is buried in the undercroft of Lincoln's Inn Chapel. His estate passed to his sister Frances (d.1777).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Namier . Lewis . WEBB, John Richmond (1721-66), of Biddesden, Hants. . 30 March 2022 . History of Parliament Online.
  2. Book: Baggs . A. P. . A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 15 . Freeman . Jane . Stevenson . Janet H. . 1995 . University of London . Crowley . D. A. . . 119–135 . Parishes: Ludgershall . 30 March 2022 . British History Online.