Family
On 15 July 1857, he married Emilia Jane Mills Goodlake, who was also came from a wealthy background. Together they had seven children:
- Wilfred Webb (1858) (died at three months)
- Augusta Z. Webb (1859)
- Geraldine Webb (1860)
- Ethel Mary Webb (1863)
- Mabel C. Webb (1864)
- Algernon F. Webb (1866)
- Roderick B. Webb (1867).
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