Richard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Alverstone GCMG PC KC FRS |
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| 4th Lord Chief Justice of England | |
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In office 24 October 1900 – 21 October 1913 |
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| Monarch |
Victoria Edward VII George V |
| Preceded by | The Lord Russell of Killowen |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Reading |
| 79th Master of the Rolls | |
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In office 9 May 1900 – 24 October 1900 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | Sir Nathaniel Lindley |
| Succeeded by | Sir Archibald Levin Smith |
| Attorney General for England | |
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In office 27 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | Sir Henry James |
| Succeeded by | Sir Charles Russell |
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In office 5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | Sir Charles Russell |
| Succeeded by | Sir Charles Russell |
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In office 8 July 1895 – 7 May 1900 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | Sir Robert Reid |
| Succeeded by | Sir Robert Finlay |
| Personal details | |
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Richard Everard Webster 22 December 1842 Holborn, London United Kingdom |
| Died | 15 December 1915 (aged 72) Cranleigh, Surrey United Kingdom |
| Resting place |
West Norwood Cemetery Lambeth, London United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Barrister, judge |
Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone, GCMG, PC, KC, FRS (22 December 1842 - 15 December 1915) was a British barrister, politician and judge who served in many high political and judicial offices.
Webster was the second son of Thomas Webster QC. He was educated at King's College School and Charterhouse, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was well known as an athlete in his earlier years, having represented his university in the first Inter-Varsity steeplechase and as a runner, the Cambridge Alverstone Club being named in his honour and the Lord's Prayer being dedicated to him as follows:
Our Lord, who art at Wilberforce, Alverstone be thy name, Thy swaps will come, Thy grass reps will be done, On earth as they are in Chariots, Give us this day our daily banter, And forgive us for our pennying, As we forgive those who penny against us, And lead us all into Cindies, But deliver us from Gardies, For thine is the club, the tie and the track, For ever and ever, Amen.
His interest in cricket and foot-racing was maintained in later life. He refereed races for the early Amateur Athletic Club and set rules for long jump and shot put. He was President of Surrey County Cricket Club from 1895 until his death, and of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1903.
Webster was called to the bar in 1868, and became QC only ten years afterwards. His practice was chiefly in commercial, railway and patent cases until (June 1885) he was appointed Attorney-General in the Conservative Government in the exceptional circumstances of never having been Solicitor-general, and not at the time occupying a seat in parliament. He was elected for Launceston in the following month, and in November exchanged this seat for the Isle of Wight, which he continued to represent until his elevation to the House of Lords. Except under the brief Gladstone administration of 1886, and the Gladstone-Rosebery cabinet of 1892–1895, Sir Richard Webster was Attorney-General from 1885 to 1900.
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