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Thomas Lonsdale Webster

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Thomas Lonsdale Webster
Clerk of the House of Commons
In office
1921–1930
Preceded byCourtenay Ilbert
Succeeded byHorace Dawkins
Personal details
Born1868
Died1930 (aged 61–62)

Sir Thomas Lonsdale Webster KCB (1868–1930) was a British civil servant who served as a clerk in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Webster entered public service as a clerk in the General Post Office in 1887.[1]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1912 Birthday Honours.[2] Webster served as Clerk of the House of Commons from 1921 until his death in 1930. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1922 Birthday Honours.[3]

He was the father of the classicist T. B. L. Webster.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 25697". The London Gazette. 3 May 1887. p. 2458.
  2. ^ "No. 12469". The Edinburgh Gazette. 18 June 1912. p. 628.
  3. ^ "No. 32716". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1922. p. 4322.