Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry ("Harry") Webb, 1st Baronet (28 July 1866, Hereford – 29 October 1940, Caerleon) was a British Liberal Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Forest of Dean (1911–1918) and Cardiff East (1923–1924), and as Junior Lord of the Treasury (1912–1915).
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Educated at Lausanne and Paris, he trained as a mining engineer and became a director of several South Wales collieries. He was High Sheriff of Monmouthshire for 1921 and a JP in three counties.
During World War I, he raised and commanded the 13th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment and the 14th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. He also commanded the 23rd (Works) Battalion, the King's Regiment (Liverpool) and the Western Command Labour Centre.
On 28 January 1916 he was made a Baronet, of Llwynarthen, Monmouth. On his death the baronetcy became extinct.
He was married twice: in 1894 to Ellen Williams, who died in 1919; and then to Helena Kate de Paula.
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| Preceded by Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Forest of Dean 1911 – 1918 |
Succeeded by James Wignall |
| Preceded by Lewis Lougher |
Member of Parliament for Cardiff East 1923 – 1924 |
Succeeded by Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke, Bt |