George Henry Frederick Webb (1828 – 26 September 1891) was a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Webb was born in London, England, the son of Samuel Ody Webb, a naval officer, and his wife Isabella, née Sweet.As a youth Webb entered the office of William Brodie Gurney, the famous parliamentary shorthand writer, and soon became proficient in stenography. Webb emigrated to Melbourne, Victoria, in 1852, and was for some time a reporter on The Argus. In 1855 Webb was appointed shorthand writer to the Government of Victoria. Having decided to embrace the legal profession, he attended the lectures on law given at the University of Melbourne by Henry Samuel Chapman and Wilberforce Stephen and subsequently read in the latter's chambers.