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9 September 1783 admitted to Westminster School, from which he proceeded to Christ Church, Oxford, in October, 1789. He graduated B.A. on the 31st May, 1791, M.A. on the 6th April, 1796, B.D. on the 16th May, 1807, and D.D. on the 14th May, 1827. At Christ Church he became tutor and censor, and was presented to the perpetual vicarage of the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene, Oxford, 25th January, 1803. On 28th June, 1810, he was presented to the church of Torrington and the chapel of St. Giles in the county of Devon at a stipend of £34 a year, but he was to pay the curate of St. Giles. He was appointed chaplain to Lord Robert Fitzgerald's Embassy at Copenhagen 1795, prebendary of York 1812, and vicar of Sutton-in-the-Forest 1812, chaplain House of Commons 1812, rector of Kirkham, Lancashire, 1813, sub-dean Westminster, prebendary 1816, rector of St. Margaret's, Westminster, 1827-35, dean of Ripon from 1828 until his death.

Will of the late Dean of Ripon.
This is the last will and testament of me, the very Reverend James Webber D D., of Dean's-yard, Westminster, Dean of Ripon, and one of the Prebendaries of the Collegiate Church of St, Peter, Westminster. I give, devise, and bequeath to my wife, Caroline Frances Webber, all my real and personal estate, of whatsoever kind or nature, and wheresoever situate, and all that may be due and coming to me as master of the hospitals of St. Mary Magdalen, and St. John the Evangelist, Ripon; to hold the same unto my said wife, her heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns absolutely, and appoint her sole executrix of this, my will.- Witness my hand this eighteenth day of June, 1847." This venerable dignitary died on the 3d of September last, and besides his estates and property in the province of York, was possessed of personal and funded property within the province of Canterbury, amounting to nearly £4,000. He had held the vicarage of Kirkham, in Lancashire, from the year 1813, the annual value is returned as exceeding £900 with the patronage of seven benefices. He was appointed a Prebendary of Westminster in 1816, and was occupying a prebendary house at Dean's-yard, to which three of the Prebendaries are entitled; from this appointment there is a participation in a large revenue of about £20,000 annually divided among the clergy comprising the Chapter, consisting of the Dean and twelve Prebendaries. In 1828 he was raised to the dignity of Dean of Ripon: attached to this office there is an income of between £300 and £400.^7,3,8

Rector of Selsey, 1750-1790, Rector of West Stoke, 1766-1775, Rector of Birdham, 1775-1790, Prebendary of Selsey, 1761-1790, and a Canon Residentiary of Chichester Cathedral, 1773-1790. He was also Chaplain to the Duke of Richmond.²