John Richmond Webb (judge)

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.^[1] 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).^[2]

References

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

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source] [better source needed]}
• Dictionary of National Biography

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Edwin Sandys Edward Wortley Montagu	Member of Parliament for Bossiney 1761–1766 With: Edward Wortley Montagu	Succeeded by Lord Mount Stuart Edward Wortley Montagu