About Barclay Webster
Lived 1849 – 1928 (aged 78). Barclay Webster was a Canadian politician and judge.
Barclay Webster (September 16, 1849 – February 14, 1928) was a lawyer, judge, and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented King's County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1890 to 1894 as a Liberal-Conservative member.
He was born in Kentville, Nova Scotia, the son of Henry Bentley Webster, a lawyer, and Mary Ina Barclay. Webster was educated at Acadia College, Dalhousie University and Harvard University. He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1872 and set up practice in Kentville. He married Ethel, the daughter of Leverett de Veber Chipman, in 1877. In 1890, Webster was named King's Counsel. Barclay Webster died in Kentville in 1928 of heart failure.
His son L. Beverley Webster died in London on 22 Mar 1902 after fighting in the Second Boer War and is memorialized on the South African War Memorial (Halifax).
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Canadian politician
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Barclay Webster was born on 16 September 1849 in Kentville.
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Barclay Webster died on 14 February 1928 in Kentville.
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