Sydney Webb

Not to be confused with Sidney James Webb, Fabian socialist, writer and founder of the London School of Economics.

Captain Sir (John) Sydney Webb (January 1916 - 31 October 1898) was a naval officer and lighthouse commissioner.

The son of Admiral Charles Webb, in 1848 he was elected as Younger Brother of Trinity House, the body overlooking lighthouses around the British coast. In 1857 he became an Elder Brother and in 1883 became Deputy-Master of Trinity House.He was created Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1889.

When the first Middlesex County Council came into being in 1889, he was chosen as an alderman, serving a six-year term until 1895.

He was taken ill on his yacht in October 1898 and died at his Twickenham home, aged eighty-two.