Robert Grant Webster

Robert Grant Webster, JP (1845 – 14 January 1925) was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.

Born in Marylebone, the only son of Robert Webster, an Edinburgh advocate, Robert Grant Webster was educated at Radley College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took first-class honours in political economy.

After taking his degree in law, he was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1869.

He also served for sixteen years in the 3rd Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment.

During the First World War, he commanded the 16th Divisional Column, Royal Field Artillery, achieving the rank of captain.