13 Facts About Alfred Webb

Alfred John Webb was an Irish Quaker from a family of activist printers.

Alfred Webb became an Irish Parliamentary Party politician and Member of Parliament, as well as a participant in nationalist movements around the world.

Alfred Webb supported Butt's Home Government Association and the United Irish League.

Alfred Webb was the first child and only son of the three children of Richard Davis Webb and Hannah Waring Webb.

Alfred Webb was interested in literature and history and began to write A Compendium of Irish Biography.

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Alfred Webb 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.

Alfred Webb 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.

Alfred Webb was again returned for West Waterford in the 1892 general election, this time as an anti-Parnellite MP.

Alfred Webb's family had taken an interest in the welfare of British colonies and had been outspoken opponents of the opium traffic into China.

Alfred Webb was elected, as a member of the Liberal party, in 1892, the year of the Liberal landslide to the Finsbury Central Westminster seat.

Alfred Webb was a supporter of Anti-Caste, Britain's first anti-racism journal which fellow Quaker activist Catherine Impey founded in 1888.

Alfred Webb was able to rally subscribers and activists for the journal around the world.

Alfred Webb was laid to rest in the Quaker burial ground in Temple Hill, Monkstown, Dublin.