She was daughter of William and Isabella Webb, born in Dublin on 17 September 1896.
She married fellow academic Sir John Hicks in 1935.
[2] Ursula Hicks was a renowned public finance and development economist.
Hicks was a co-founder of the Review of Economic Studies and Managing Editor from 1933 to 1961.
Lady Hicks received an Honorary Fellowship at the Institute of Social Studies in 1967.