Alfred Webb
Alfred John Webb (10 June 1834 – 30 July 1908) was an Irish
Early life
Alfred Webb was the first child and only son of the three children of
Career
Alfred Webb was interested in literature and history and began to write A Compendium of Irish Biography. In 1865, he began to take a more active interest in Irish politics. He was inspired by the Fenians, although he believed in non-violence and the Fenians of that time believed that Ireland could only gain independence through an armed revolution.[3] 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. In December, 1883, he resigned from the position of Land League treasurer, complaining of Parnell's 'autocratic management of funds'.[4]
His family had taken an interest in the
Webb was a supporter of Anti-Caste, Britain's first anti-racism journal which fellow Quaker activist Catherine Impey founded in 1888. Webb was able to rally subscribers and activists for the journal around the world.[5] For example, although he was not a regular subscriber, Webb and Dadabhai Naoroji co-signed a letter with others to request support for a new association: ‘The Society for the Furtherance of Human Brotherhood’.
He was laid to rest in the Quaker burial ground in Temple Hill, Monkstown, Dublin.
See also
Notes
- ^ "Alfred Webb President - Madras, 1894". Past Presidents of Indian National Congress. Indian National Congress. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ISBN 0-86278-703-3(p.169)
- ^ a b Regan-Lefebvre, Jennifer (2009). Cosmopolitan Nationalism in the Victorian Empire Ireland, India and the Politics of Alfred Webb. Palgrave Macmillan.
- ^ Paul Bew, Ireland: The Politics of Enmity, 1789-2006, Oxford, 2007, 347
- ^ Dr Caroline Bressey, Anti-Caste: Britain’s First Anti-racist Journal, synopsis on ESRC website Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine (RES-000-22-0522). Retrieved 26 July 2006.
References
Further reading
- A Compendium of Irish Biography (Dublin, 1878)
- Legg, Mary-Louise Alfred Webb: the Autobiography of a Quaker Nationalist, Cork University Press, 1999 ] 26 July 2006)