William Webb (Master of Clare College, Cambridge) explained

William Webb, D.D. (b Sutton Coldfield 1775 - d Litlington, Cambridgeshire 1856) was Master of Clare College from 1815 until his death.^[1]

Webbwas educated at Clare College, Cambridge. He became Fellow in 1799. He was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1801.^[2] He held incumbencies at Litlington, Cambridgeshire and Fornham All Saints. Webb was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge between 1817 and 1818; and between 1832 and 1833.^[3]

He died on 4 January 1856.^[4]

Notes and References

1. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
2. http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?PersonID=109542 theclergydatabase
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20080221013506/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/v-c/vicechancellors.html Full List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
4. 'University Intelligence' The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 07, 1856; pg. 10; Issue 22257