Herbert Woodfield Paul was an English

England

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 writer and Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 MP

Member of Parliament

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Paul was the eldest son of George Woodfield Paul, Vicar of Finedon

Finedon

Finedon is a civil parish and village in the Borough Council of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, with a population at the 2001 census of 4,188 people. Along with Wellingborough, it is twinned with Wittlich, Germany, and Niort, France....

, and Jessie Philippa Mackworth. He was educated at Eton College

Eton College

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 and Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Corpus Christi College, Oxford

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, where he became President of the Oxford Union

Oxford Union

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. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn

Lincoln's Inn

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 in 1878. He was a leader-writer on the Daily News. In 1883 he married Elinor Budworth, daughter of the Hon. William Ritchie

William Ritchie

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, Legal member of the Viceregal Council at Calcutta.

In 1892

United Kingdom general election, 1892

The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...

 he became MP for Edinburgh South

Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He lost his seat in 1895, but returned to the House of Commons as MP for Northampton

Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)

Northampton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Northampton which existed until 1974.It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was reduced to one member for the 1918 general election...

 from 1906

United Kingdom general election, 1906

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 to January 1910. From 1909 to 1918 he was the Second Civil Service Commissioner.

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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