James Webber

James Webber was an English churchman, Dean of Ripon from 1828 until his death.
Webber was the son of Rev. William Webber, canon of Chichester Cathedral, and his wife Anne.
He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford matriculating in October 1789 aged 17, graduating B.A. 1793, M.A. 1796, B.D. 1807, D.D. 1809. He became tutor and censor at Christ Church.
Webber held the following positions in the church:

Chaplain to Lord Robert Fitzgerald's Embassy at Copenhagen, 1795
Chaplain to the Archbishop of York, 1811
Prebendary of York Minster, 1812
Vicar of Sutton-on-the-Forest, Yorkshire, 1812
Chaplain House of Commons, 1812
Rector of Kirkham, Lancashire, 1813–1847
Prebendary of Westminster Abbey, 1816–1847
Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster, 1828–1835
Dean of Ripon, 1828–1847

Webber was married to Caroline Frances Fynes, daughter of Rev. Dr. Charles Fynes Clinton, whom Webber succeeded as Rector of St. Margaret's after Fynes Clinton's death in 1827.
He died on 3 September 1847, aged 75, in Ripon.