Richard Jebb

Richard Jebb (1874 – 25 June 1953) was an English journalist and author in the field of Empire and colonial nationalism.

Life Jebb was born in 1874. His parents were cousins Eglantyne Louisa (born Jebb) and Arthur Trevor Jebb. His sister Louisa (Wilkins) established the forerunner of the Women's Land Army during the first world war. Another two of his sisters Eglantyne and Dorothy (became Buxton) co-founded the children's international development agency Save the Children. Jebb was the nephew of the classical scholar and politician, Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb. He went to school at Marlborough College followed by New College, Oxford.