James Watson Webb II
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James Watson Webb II[1] (known as James, Sr.) (1884 – March 4, 1960) was an American polo champion. He was a grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt and James Watson Webb.
Biography
He was born in 1884 to Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt (1860–1936) of the Vanderbilt family and William Seward Webb in Burlington, Vermont. He married Electra Havemeyer, daughter of Henry Osborne Havemeyer and Louisine Waldron Elder, and had five children:
- Electra Webb (1910–1982), married Dunbar Bostwick
- Samuel Webb (1912–1988)
- Lila Webb (1913–1961)
- James Watson Webb III (1916–2000)
- Harry Webb (1922–1975)
