Webb, Henry

Hammersmith, London; Windsor & garden chair maker (b. 1755- d. 1794)

Henry was the second son of Henry Webb (1731-1793) & Elizabeth, nee Carter, and grandson of John Webb (1702-94). He was recorded in Hammersmith from 1763 and Wakefield’s Directory, 1794, listed him as a Windsor and garden chair maker at the Creek, Hammersmith. He was buried at St Paul’s, Hammersmith on 12 November 1794.

For a family tree for the Webb & Carter families, chair makers, see Parker, Regional Furniture (2020).

Source: Parker, 'Windsor Chairs, Children's Carts, German Stools, Rustic Chairs, Summerhouses and Perambulator: The Webbs (and Bunce and Carter), Dells, Priors and Trotmans, Regional Furniture (2020).