Beatrice Webb [née Potter] (1858-1943; ODNB), social reformer, fabian socialist and diarist. Served on many government committees, most prominently, the royal commission on the poor law, 1905-9, co-authoring its minority report; m. (1892) Sidney Webb, Lord Passfield; mentions Henson in her diary, 8 Feb. 1905, N. and J. Mackenzie (eds.), The Diary of Beatrice Webb, II (4 vols, 1982-5), 338, and 16 Apr., 1906, B. Webb, Our Partnership (1948), 340-1. See also Volume 65, 66, 84.

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• 21 Jun 1904