Baptised on 17 May 1762 in the church of All Saints in Chichester, he was the eldest surviving son of the Reverend William Webber (1724–1790), a canon of Chichester Cathedral. The Canon"s father, Robert Webber, was said to be an illegitimate son of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, himself an illegitimate son of King Charles II, while the Canon"s mother was Mary Maybank, reputedly a descendant of Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, a mistress of King Charles World War II
Christ Church.
The Venerable (of an Archdeacon) A graduate of Christ Church, Oxford, he was a master at the Prebendal School and from 1788 Vicar of Boxgrove, holding the living for the rest of his life. Appointed to the Chapter, he was granted the Prebend of Eartham on 6 May 1801, later acquiring the Prebend of Bishopshurst. In 1803 he was made a Canon Residentiary of the Cathedral for life.
Then on 3 May 1808 he was installed as Archdeacon.
From 1808 to 1828 he also held the post of vicar of Amport in Hampshire. Dying on 15 June 1848, he was buried on 22 June 1848 at Boxgrove Priory.
Mary"s brother was the celebrated Army officer Francis Peirson. They had six children, including:
Reverend Charles Webber (1794–1850), also a canon residentiary of Chichester and warden of the Hospital of Saint Mary.
William Charles Webber (1797–1869), a commander in the Royal Navy.
Reverend George Henry Webber (1801–1858), a prebendary of Chichester from 1827 to 1840 and of Ripon from 1830 to 1858.
