Richard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone

Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone, GCMG, QC ( born December 22, 1842 in London, † December 15, 1915 in Cranleigh ) was a British lawyer and politician.

Life

Webster was the second son of Thomas Webster. He attended King 's College School, Charterhouse School and Trinity College (Cambridge).

In his early years he was known as an outstanding athlete. It also remembered later his interest in cricket and running sports. From 1895 until his death he was president of Surrey County Cricket Club, and in 1903, the Marylebone Cricket Club.

After Webster had become barrister in 1868, he was only 10 years later Attorney-General. In June 1885 his appeal was followed by the Attorney General. A month later he was elected to the House of Commons. In the following years he represented several times British interests in arbitration commissions presized international Grenzkoflikte. The Office of the Attorney General he held until the year 1900.

In 1900 he succeeded Sir Nathaniel Lindley in the office of Master of the Rolls by the simultaneous elevation to Baron Alverstone. In October of the same year he was appointed Lord Chief Justice of England. He followed the deceased in the Official Lord Russell of Killowen. Webster 1913 went into retirement and was given the title Viscount Alverstone.

He died in Cranleigh, Surrey and was buried in West Norwood Cemetery. With his death extinguished his title because he had no male descendants.