Samuel Webbe

His father died when he was still an infant, and his mother returned to London where she raised Webbe in difficult circumstances.

A Roman Catholic, in 1776 Webbe succeeded George Paxton as organist of the Sardinian Embassy Chapel, a position which he held until 1795: he was also organist and choirmaster of chapel of the Portuguese Embassy in Lincoln's Inn Fields, the only place in London where the Catholic liturgy could be publicly celebrated.

Webbe was buried in Old St Pancras Churchyard in London, east of the small church.

In 1766, Webbe was given a prize medal by the Catch Club for his "O that I had wings", and in all he obtained twenty-seven medals for as many canons, catches, and glees, including "Discord, dire sister", "Glorious Apollo", "Glory be to the Father", "Swiftly from the mountain's brow", and "To thee all angels".

They are historically important in terms of the start of the revival of Roman Catholic liturgical music in England.

His hymn tune "Melcombe", often sung to the words by John Keble, New Every Morning is the Love is also regularly heard in Anglican and Catholic churches today.