| Authorised form of name | Webster; Richard Everard (1842 - 1915); Viscount Alverstone; barrister, politician and judge |
| Dates | 1842 - 1915 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Chester Place, London, England |
| Date of birth | 22 December 1842 |
| Place of death | Cranleigh, Surrey, England |
| Date of death | 15 December 1915 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
West Norwood cemetery, Surrey, England |
| Occupation | barrister, politician and judge |
| Activity | Education:
King's College School (1852–8); Charterhouse (1859–61); Trinity College, Cambridge (1861-1865).
Career:
Called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn and taking chairs in the Temple at 2 Pump Court (1868); took silk (1878); appointed attourney general (1885-1895); private practice (1895); master of te rolls (1900); lord chief justice of England (1900-1913).
Honours:
KB 1885; GCMG 1893; Bt 1899; Baron 1900; Viscount 1913 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/06/1902 |
| Age at election | 60 |
| Proposer | Charles Scott Sherrington |
| Henry Edward Armstrong |
| Herbert Hall Turner |
| William Thomas Blanford |
| Joseph Larmor |
| Michael Foster |
| Alfred Bray Kempe |
| Wiliam Huggins |
| Relationships | Parents: Thomas Webster QC (1810–1875) and Elizabeth (d. 1848), eldest daughter of Richard Calthrop of Swineshead Abbey, Lincolnshire.
Spouse: Mary Louisa (d. 1877), daughter of Charles William Calthrop MD, of Withern, Lincolnshire (1872).
Children: One daughter and one son (died in 1902). |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 26 May 1883, 15 January 1913
Notes:
Styled 1st Baron Alverstone in 1900. |
| Code | NA1665 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1902/18 | Webster, Richard Everard, Viscount Alverstone: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/25/384 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Lord Alverstone [Richard Everard Webster], Fellow of the Royal Society | 28 October 1902 |
| NLB/28/64 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Lord Alverstone [Richard Everard Webster] | 4 January 1904 |
| NLB/28/111 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to the Lord Chief Justice [Richard Everard Webster] | 11 January 1904 |
| NLB/37/824 | Copy Letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to The Right Honorable Lord Alverstone, Fellow of the Royal Society | 20 May 1908 |
| NLB/37/795 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to The Right Honorable Lord Alverstone, GCMG, Fellow of the Royal Society, Hornton Lodge, Kensington W | 16 May 1908 |
| ACS/1/1/416 | Letter from Richard Webster, Attorney-General's Chamebers, Royal Courts of Justice, Room 543, Strand, W. C., London, to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton | 25 May 1895 |
| ACS/6/1/14 | X-Ray photograph of the hand of Sir Richard Webster, taken by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton | 1896 |
| ACS/6/1/13 | X-Ray negative of the hand of Sir Richard Webster, taken by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton | 1896 |