Herbert Paul
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Herbert Woodfield Paul (1853–1935) was an English writer and Liberal MP.
Paul was the eldest son of George Woodfield Paul, Vicar of Finedon, and Jessie Philippa Mackworth.[1] He was educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he became President of the Oxford Union. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1878. He was a leader-writer on the Daily News. In 1883 he married Elinor Budworth, daughter of the Hon. William Ritchie, Legal member of the Viceregal Council at Calcutta.[2]
In 1892 he became MP for Edinburgh South. He lost his seat in 1895, but returned to the House of Commons as MP for Northampton from 1906 to January 1910. From 1909 to 1918 he was the Second Civil Service Commissioner.[1]
Works
- Men and Letters, 1901
- Gladstone, 1901
- Matthew Arnold, 1902
- History of Modern England, 1904-6 (5 vols)
- Life of Froude, 1905
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References
- Ernest Gaskell, Northamptonshire Leaders: Social and Political. London, Queenhithe, c. 1908
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Categories:
- 1853 births
- 1935 deaths
- Liberal Party (UK) MPs
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- English non-fiction writers
- Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- UK MPs 1892–95
- UK MPs 1906–10
- People educated at Eton College
- English male writers