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Lieut. Colonel Richmond Webb
b.Abt 1714
- Lieut. Colonel Richmond WebbAbt 1714 - 1785
Facts and Events
| Name[1][2][3][4] |
Lieut. Colonel Richmond Webb |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2][3][4] |
Abt 1714 |
"... Richmond Webb the younger, born in 1714, a cornet in the queen's own royal dragoons in 1735, became captain in Moreton's regiment in 1741, commanded a company for King George at Culloden, and retired from the army in 1758. He was survived four years by his widow, Sarah (Griffiths), who was buried beside her husband in June 1789. ...." |
| Marriage |
Abt 10 Jun 1749 |
to Sarah Griffyths |
| Death[1][2][3][4] |
27 May 1785 |
London, England"... Lieut. Colonel Richmond Webb who was born of a distinguish'd family of soldiers, served his King and country with honour, truth, humanity and bravery. He was the best of fathers, most affectionate of husbands, and most amiable of men: he was sensible, modest, kind and good, and united the softest heart with the strongest mind. He departed this life on the 27th May 1785, aged 70 years. ...." |
| Burial[1][2][3][4] |
5 Jun 1785 |
London, England"Colonel Richmond Webb and his wife are buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey. ...." "1785 / June 5 Colonel Richmond Webb ; died May 27th, aged 70 : in the East Cloister. ... ." |
| Will[5] |
15 Jun 1785 |
London, England'Will of Richmond Webb of Saint Margarets Westminster, Middlesex' > "I Richmond Webb of Great Queen Street in the parish of Saint Margarets Westminster Esquire ... whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty ninth day of April one thousand seven hundred and sixty two Richmd Webb" |
Colonel Richmond Webb
—of Great Queen Street in the parish of Saint Margarets Westminster—
- « ... Lieut. Colonel Richmond Webb who was born of a distinguish'd family of soldiers, served his King and country with honour, truth, humanity and bravery. He was the best of fathers, most affectionate of husbands, and most amiable of men: he was sensible, modest, kind and good, and united the softest heart with the strongest mind. .... » S3
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dictionary of National Biography edited by Sir Stephen Leslie (1832-1904), Vol LX. 'Watson - Whewell', published 1899, London - Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place. p. 103.
« The Colonel Richmond Webb who died on 27 May 1785, aged 70, and was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey, was a kinsman second cousin of the half-blood of the general (they were both great great-grandsons of Edmund Webb of Rodbourne Cheney, who died in 1621, and his wife, Catherine St. John) ; his father, Captain Richmond Webb, was buried at Rochester in 1734. Richmond Webb the younger, born in 1714, a cornet in the queen's own royal dragoons in 1735, became captain in Moreton's regiment in 1741, commanded a company for King George at Culloden, and retired from the army in 1758. He was survived four years by his widow, Sarah (Griffiths), who was buried beside her husband in June 1789. Their daughter Amelia (1757-1810), the godmother of ' Emmy ' in ' Vanity Fair,' married at St. John's Cathedral, Calcutta, on 31 Jan. 1776, William Makepeace Thackeray (1749-1813), the grandfather of the great novelist. Another daughter, Sarah, married Peter Moore [q. v.], the friend of Sheridan (BAYNE, Memorials of the Thackeray Family ; cf. HUNTEK, The Thackerays in India, 1897, pp. 97, 179).. »
Accessed at archive.org
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Londinium Redivivum, or, An Ancient History and Modern Description of London by James Peller Malcolm - Volume 1, p. 199 - published 1803.
Westminster Abbey / The Cloisters / East Side
« Another (memorial) to lieutenant-colonel Richmond Webb, who died the 27th May, 1785, aged 70. Sarah, his widow, the 8th June, 1789, aged 66. »
Accessed at Google Books, from where it may be downloaded as a pdf file.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Westminster Abbey website > 'Richmond Webb'.
« Colonel Richmond Webb and his wife are buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey. The tablet to him, over the door into the Pyx Chamber, has now lost its inscription. A record had been made of it and it read:
"Near this monument are interred the remains of Lieut. Colonel Richmond Webb who was born of a distinguish'd family of soldiers, served his King and country with honour, truth, humanity and bravery. He was the best of fathers, most affectionate of husbands, and most amiable of men: he was sensible, modest, kind and good, and united the softest heart with the strongest mind. He departed this life on the 27th May 1785, aged 70 years. In the same grave are deposited the remains of Sarah his inconsolable window, who only surviv'd his melancholy loss four years, and died on the 8th June 1789 aged 66 years. She was the tender, faithful and worthy partner of his distinguish'd virtues. In all goodness they were truly one!"
« He was the only son of Richmond Webb, captain in the Guards, descended from the family of Richmond alias Webb of Wiltshire, and his wife Anne. Sarah was the daughter of J. Griffyths. Their children were Sarah who married Peter Moore, Richmond, Charlotte, Augusta who married Thomas Evans, and Amelia who married W.M. Thackeray and was grandmother of the famous author of that name. »
Accessed at Westminster Abbey Commemorations: Richmond Webb
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church or Abbey of St Peter, Westminster, Volume 10, edited and annotated by Joseph Lemuel Chester, published London, 1876, pp. 439-440.
« 1785 / June 5 Colonel Richmond Webb;6 died May 27th, aged 70: in the East Cloister.
6 « Only son and heir of Richmond Webb (descended from the family of Richmond alias Webb, of Rodborne-Cheney, co. Wilts). Captain in the Guards, by Anne his wife, who were buried at St. Margaret's, near the city of Rochester, in 1734 and 1733. He was a Lieut.-Colonel in the army, and commanded a company at the battle of Culloden. His will, as of Great Queen Street, Westminster, Esq., dated 29 Apl. 1762 (sic), was proved 15 June 1785, by his relict Sarah, who was alone named in it (see her burial 14 June 1789). One of their daughters, Amelia, married William-Makepeace Thackeray, Esq., and was grandmother of the late eminent author of those names. »
Accessed at Google Books, from where it may be downloaded as a pdf file.
- ↑ 'Will of Richmond Webb of Saint Margarets Westminster, Middlesex' - written 29 April, 1762; proved at London 15 June, 1785. National Archives Ref: PROB 11/1131/125.
« I Richmond Webb of Great Queen Street in the parish of Saint Margarets Westminster Esquire ... whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty ninth day of April one thousand seven hundred and sixty two Richmd Webb Ø »
Accessed at nationalarchives.gov.uk, from where a copy may be ordered and downloaded in pdf format.
It may also be found at ancestry.co.uk > England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 for Richmond Webb. > PROB 11: Will Registers > 1785-1788 > Piece 1131: Ducarel, Quire Numbers 312-364 (1785)
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