Richard Ponsoby WEBB (1833

Richard Ponsoby WEBB (1833 - 1895)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Richard Ponsoby WEBB (1833 - 1895)	St Lawrence WEBB (1784 - 1868)	George WEBB

			Caroline BOYD

		Elizabeth Ellen CULLODEN (1792 - 1835)

b. 1833 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

d. 1895 at Toolamba West, Victoria, Australia aged 62

Near Relatives of Richard Ponsoby WEBB (1833 - 1895)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	George WEBB
Grandmother	Caroline BOYD

Father	St Lawrence WEBB	1784	Bonaghade, Co. Down, Ireland	1868	Sandridge, Victoria, Australia	84
Mother	Elizabeth Ellen CULLODEN	1792	Ireland	1835	Lucknow, India	43

Self	Richard Ponsoby WEBB	1833	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India	1895	Toolamba West, Victoria, Australia	62

Sister	St Lawrence WEBB	1816		1885	Dunedin, New Zealand	69
Sister	Caroline Elizabeth WEBB	1817	Bangalore, India	1873	Sandridge, Victoria, Australia	56
Brother	George WEBB	1817	India
Brother	Charles Campbell WEBB	1818
Sister	Ellen Boyd WEBB	1821	Madras, India	1890	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	69
Brother	Hugh George WEBB	1826	Islington, London, Middlesex, England	1882	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	56
Brother	William Herbert WEBB	1832	Secunderabad, India	1867	Victoria, Australia	35

Nephew	Edward Lesley SHAW	16 Jan 1849	Victoria, Australia	08 Apr 1908	London, Middlesex, England	59

Brother in Law	Margaret FURLONG			1932	Dunedin, New Zealand
Brother in Law	Forster SHAW	1809	Dublin, Ireland	1883	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	74

Events in Richard Ponsoby WEBB (1833 - 1895)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1833		Richard Ponsoby WEBB was born	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India	Note 1
1835	2	Death of mother Elizabeth Ellen CULLODEN (aged 43)	Lucknow, India	Note 2
1840	7	Immigration	"Coromandal" to Port Phillip Bay	Note 3	80
1868	35	Death of father St Lawrence WEBB (aged 84)	Sandridge, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52, 60
1895	62	Richard Ponsoby WEBB died	Toolamba West, Victoria, Australia	Note 5

Note 1: 27 April 1833 - ancestry trees
Also 1821 - Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Note 2: Death - 1835 Lucknow - ancestry trees

Note 3: Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923
Name: Major St Lawrence Webb
and wife Caroline Webb
Master St Lawrence (15)
Master George (14)
Master William (11)
Master Richard (7)
Arrival Date: 10 Jul 1840
Arrival Port: Port Phillip Bay, Australia
Ship: Coromandel

Note 4: Geelong Advertiser 20 June 1868
Webb—At Sandridge, 27th of May, 1868, Major St. Lawrence Webb, aged 84 years, late of H.M. 45th Foot.

Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: St Lawrence Webb
Birth Year: abt 1784
Age: 84
Death Place: Victoria
Father's name: George
Mother's name: Caroline Boyd
Registration Year: 1868
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 5151

Illustrated Adelaide Post 16 June 1868
DEATH OF A VETERAN.
On the 30th ult. the grave closed upon the
remains of another of those old colonists, the
few surviving links which connect the primitive
and present white generations of Victoria—we
allude to the once well-known and widely-respected
Major St. Laurence Webb. Deceased
was born at Bonaghade, County Down, North
of Ireland, and at a very early age obtained a
commission in the 69th Regiment. After B
couple of years in the recruiting service, he
proceeded to India where he served until 1823,
being through the Mahratta campaign, when he
returned to England. He was then promoted
to the 45th, and was again ordered upon foreign
service, revisiting India, and with his regiment
taking part In the Burmah campaign, and
during a portion of the time commanding as
senior-captain. He passed twenty-four years
of his military life in India, had the cholera
twice, was never wounded though in several
actions, and returned with a sound liver to his
native country, having previously obtained his
rank as Major. After serving a further
three years in England, he determined
upon giving up soldiering, and sold out.
Major Webb had the good fortune to secure the
personal friendship of the late Lord Raglan,
then Lord Fitzroy Somerset, by whom, he was
strongly advised not to abandon his profession,
and who predicted for him a brilliant military
career if he remained. Had he acted upon
Lord Somerset's suggestion, he would in all
probability have gone to the Crimea with him ;
and if he did not leave his bones at the Alma or
Inkermann, he might have returned with fresh
laurels, and as a General of Division. Within
six months of his selling-out, Colonel Armstrong,
of the 45th, died—Major Webb certainly would
have succeeded him. Resolved, however, upon
turning his sword into a ploughshare or stockwhip,
he emigrated to the then Port Phillip, and
arrived in this colony in 1840, when he purchased
a station, and was engaged for many years in
squatting and farming pursuits. One of his
daughters married Dr. Foster Shaw, of Geelong.
He died at Sandridge on Wednesday, at the
patriarchal age of eighty, much regretted by a
large circle of acquaintance, who often took
pleasure in listening to the pleasant gossiping
of the light hearted entertaining old gentleman.

Note 5: POSSIBLE
Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
View Record

Name
Richd Ponsonby Webb
Birth Year
abt 1833
Age
62
Death Place
Mooroopna, Victoria
Father's Name
St Lawrence
Mother's Name
Carol Campbell
Registration Year
1895
Registration Place
Victoria
Registration Number
6605

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