Alfred Webb

For the English footballer, see Alf Webb.

Alfred John Webb (10 June 1834 – 30 July 1908) was an Irish Quaker from a family of activist printers. He became an Irish Parliamentary Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP), as well as a participant in nationalist movements around the world. He supported Butt's Home Government Association and the United Irish League. At Madras in 1894, he became the third non-Indian (after George Yule and William Wedderburn) to preside over the Indian National Congress.[1]

  1. ^ "Alfred Webb President - Madras, 1894". Past Presidents of Indian National Congress. Indian National Congress. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2010.