Webber (Cos Sligo & Limerick)
A family who were settled near the city of Cork in the early 17th century. Thomas Webber married Letitia Irwin of Tanragoe, county Sligo in 1754. Their eldest son, Daniel Webb Webber, Member of Parliament for Armagh in 1816, married Sarah Wood, heiress of Leekfield, county Sligo. The Webber family held land in the barony of Tireragh although their extensive estates were in the midlands of Ireland, principally Laois and Offaly. Charles Tankerville Webber is listed as the owner in the mid-19th century. He was a QC who married the daughter of the 3rd Earl of Kingston and their fourth son, Robert Tankerville Webber, acquired part of the Kingston estate in county Limerick post Griffith's Valuation. The family owned almost 4500 acres in county Sligo in 1876. William Downes Webber, a nephew of Charles T. Webber, married Anna, widow of the 5th Earl of Kingston of Mitchelstown Castle in 1873. In the 1870s Captain Robert Webber of India owned 1,814 acres in county Limerick and in 1906 Robert T. Webber held untenanted land at Glenacurra, Kilyglass and Coolboy, parish of Kilbeheny, barony of Coshlea, county Limerick.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Leekfield | Leekfield | Skreen | Dromore West | Toberpatrick West 30 | Tireragh | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G533325
OS Sheet: 19 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Highpark House | Carrowgilhooly | Skreen | Dromore West | Toberpatrick West 30 | Tireragh | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G558336
OS Sheet: 13 Discovery map: 24 |
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| Ardnaglass | Ardabrone | Skreen | Dromore West | Toberpatrick West | Tireragh | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G539344
OS Sheet: 13 Discovery map: 25 |
Archival sources
- Estate of Charles P. Webber, 1897. Estates Vol I. ; Sligo County Library
- Rental of estate of Frances Webber, 1847-55. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Rental of Webber estate, 1869-78. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Rental of Rev. W. Webber estate, 1854-58. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Rental of Webber estate, 1882. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Valuation of Webber estate, 1897& late 19th century. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Agreements & correspondence relating to estate of Charles P. Webber, 1864-99. T.C./16; Sligo County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 470
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Dromore West Union: 79 (Highpark & Ardabrone) 81 (Leekfield).
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 323
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 262
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of Landowners the purchase of whose properties has been approved by Irish Land Commission. : (1889), 17.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 268
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 356
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 154
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.253 [under Kingston]
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 1193-94.
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 463 (Wood-Martin)
- McTERNAN, John C. ''Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 119-120