Henry Richard Webb JP FRMS (1829 – 11 February 1901) was a New Zealand businessman and politician.

[1][2] He was married to Ann Vaile by special licence on 27 October 1853, at St. Paul's Church, Auckland, New Zealand by the Rev.

He married her on 15 October 1857 at the Centenary Chapel, York Street, Sydney and emigrated to New Zealand in 1868.

In 1880, he was appointed as manager to the Permanent Investment Association of Canterbury, a role which he held for ten years.

[5] A by-election was held on 13 September 1869 for the Lyttelton seat of the Provincial Council following the resignation of Hugh Murray-Aynsley.

[4] In April 1873, his brother in law, Peacock, was appointed to the Legislative Council and thus had to resign his seat for the Lyttelton electorate in Parliament.

He continued this interest in Canterbury, studied botany, and was a member of the Christchurch Horticultural Society, including its chairman.

[1] He was a member of the Royal Microscopical Society of London, and was elected a Fellow in 1880 (hence his honorific suffix FRMS).

Brown was from Pennsylvania and owned land north of the Waimakariri River inland from Kaiapoi, which he gave the Cherokee name of ‘Swannanoa’.

[11] And as outlined above, Webb succeeded his wife's brother John Thomas in the Lyttelton electorate in 1873 after his resignation due to his appointment to the Legislative Council.

The bells of the Christ Church Cathedral were rung in his honour, and many flags were flown at half mast.