Thomas Lonsdale Webster
British civil servant
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Sir Thomas Lonsdale Webster KCB (1868–1930) was a British civil servant who served as a clerk in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Thomas Lonsdale Webster | |
|---|---|
| Clerk of the House of Commons | |
| In office 1921–1930 | |
| Preceded by | Courtenay Ilbert |
| Succeeded by | Horace Dawkins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1868 |
| Died | 1930 (aged 61–62) |
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.
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