Alfred Webb

Alfred Webb (1834 – 1908) was an Irish Parliamentary Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) who played a role in every major nationalist organization from Butt’s Home Government Association to the United Irish League. Visiting India, he notably became the third non-Indian to preside over the Indian National Congress, at Madras in 1894.^[1]

He was first elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on 24 February 1890, when he won a by-election for the West Waterford constituency. He was again returned for West Waterford in the 1892 general election, this time as an anti-Parnellite MP.

Webb was a supporter of Anti-Caste, Britain's first anti-racism journal which started in 1888. Researchers have reported ^[2] international collaboration between subscribers and other activists. For example, although he was not a regular subscriber, Dadabhai Naoroji co-signed a letter with Webb and others to request support for a new association: ‘The Society for the Furtherance of Human Brotherhood’.

Notes

1. ^ "Alfred Webb President - Madras, 1894". Past Presidents of Indian National Congress. Indian National Congress. http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/history/presidents/alfred_webb.htm. Retrieved 5 April 2010. 
2. ^ Dr Caroline Bressey, Anti-Caste: Britain’s First Anti-racist Journal, synopsis on ESRC website (RES-000-22-0522) accessed at [1] July 26, 2006

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)^{[self-published source?][better source needed]}

Further reading

• Legg, Mary-Louise Alfred Webb: the Autobiography of a Quaker Nationalist, Cork University Press, 1999 ISBN 1-85918-202-X (See also information from publishers accessed at [2] July 26, 2006)

External links

Wikisource has original works written by or about: Alfred Webb

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Alfred Webb

See also

• Catherine Impey
• William Wedderburn

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