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Richard Everard Webster

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Data Last Updated: 16 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 22 December 1842

Died: 15 December 1915

Peerages

1st Baron Alverstone - 18 June 1900

1st Viscount Alverstone - 24 November 1913

Knighted - 9 July 1885

Member of Privy Council - 1900

Appointments

Attorney General	27 June 1885	28 January 1886
Attorney General	5 August 1886	11 August 1892
Attorney General	8 July 1895	7 May 1900
Lord Chief Justice	1900	1913

Elections fought

31 March 1880	Bewdley	Conservative Party	530	46.99
1 July 1885	Launceston	Conservative Party	417	52.72
28 November 1885	Isle of Wight	Conservative Party	5,495	52.07
9 July 1886	Isle of Wight	Conservative Party	5,271	56.78
5 August 1886 Resignation of Sir Richard Webster on appointment as Attorney-General.
12 August 1886	Isle of Wight	Conservative Party	Unopposed
9 July 1892	Isle of Wight	Conservative Party	5,699	52.11
20 July 1895	Isle of Wight	Conservative Party	5,809	52.00
10 May 1900 Elevation of Sir Richard Webster to the Peerage - Baron Alverstone - on appointment as Master of the Rolls.