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Rt.Rev. Rich.AUan Becher Webb, Dean of Salisbury. 



Died June 12, 1907. Buried in the Cloisters, Salisbury. Born Oct., 

 1839. Son of Allan Webb, M.D., of Calcutta. Educated at Eugby 

 and Scholar of C.C.C, Oxford. B.A. 1862, M.A. 1864, D.D. 1871. 

 Deacon, 1863; priest, 1864 (Oxford). Fellow and Tutor of Univ. Coll., 

 Oxford, 1863. Curate of St. Peter's in the East, Oxford, 1863—64; 

 Vice Prin. of Cuddesdon Coll, 1864 — 67 ; Rector of Avon Dassett, Warws., 

 1867—70; Bishop of Bloemfontein, 1870—83; Bishop of Grahamstown, 

 1883 — 1898 : when he resigned and became Provost of Inverness Cathedral. 

 Dean of Salisbury, 1901, until his death. He married, 1867, Eliza, d. 

 of Rev. R. B. Bourne, Rector of Donhead St. Andrew, who survives him, 

 as also two. sons, Mr. A. C. B. Webb, Chancellor of the Diocese of 

 Salisbury, and Mr. C. J. B. Webb, of Bournemouth. His twenty- 

 eight years service in the two S. African dioceses included much good work 

 done both for Church and Empire, and after his retirement he returned 

 to South Africa at the earnest request of the Metropolitan of Capetown to 

 use his great influence and knowledge in the work of the re-organization 

 of Church life at the end of the South African War. As Dean at Salis- 

 bury he was greatly respected and beloved, not by Churchmen only, but 

 by all with whom he came in contact. His funeral was attended by a 

 representative gathering of nearly two thousand people. 



He was the author of ¥oiir Papers on Woman's Work for Foreign 

 Missions ; Addresses on Day of Intercession, 1881. 



The Minister of the True Tabernacle ; Thoughts and Suggestions for 

 the Eve of Ordination, 1888. 



The Priesthood of the Laity in the Body of Christ ; Addresses for a 

 Parochial Quiet Day, with Introduction on Confirmation, IwA ed., 1889. 



Life of Service before the Throne, 1895. 



The Unveiling of the Eternal Word; Addresses on the Old Testament, 

 1897. 



The Presence and Office of the Holy Spirit. Twelve editions. 



Obit, notices, Times and Standard, June 13 ; Salisbury Journal and 

 Wiltshire Times, with good portrait, June 15 and 22 ; Wilts County 

 Mirror, with good portrait, June 14; GwarrfiaM,June 19. Sermon 

 preached in Cathedral on June 23, Wilts County Mirror, June 28, and 

 Salisbury Journal, June 29 ; sermon by the Bishop on the same date, 

 Salisbury Diocesan Gazette, July, Salisbury Journal, June 29; African 

 Monthly, July : Bloemfontein QuarterlyPaper, Oct. ,1907, a good account 

 of the Bishop's work in S. Africa, reprinted in Wilts County Mirror, 

 Nov. 8, 1907. 



