Richard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone

Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone, GCMG, QC (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-Vars... more

Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone, GCMG, QC (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. 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. He 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... less