Herbert Woodfield Paul (1853–1935) was an
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MP.
Life
He was the eldest son of George Woodfield Paul, Vicar of
Finedon
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, and Jessie Philippa Mackworth.
[''Who Was Who, 1929-40''] He was educated at
Eton College
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and
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
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, where he became President of the
Oxford Union
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. He was called to the bar at
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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, Legal member of the Viceregal Council at
Calcutta
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.
[Foster, ''Men at the Bar'', 1885]
In
1892
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States.
* February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado.
* February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...
Paul became MP for
Edinburgh South. He lost his seat in 1895, but returned to the House of Commons as MP for
Northampton
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from
1906 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)
** vol 1: Covers 1846 to 1855. Chapters include the last Whig Government, Palmerston's Foreign Policy, The Irish Famine, The Court and the People, Revolution and Reaction, English Chartists and Irish Rebels, The Era of Retrenchment, The Expansion of England, Theology and Literature, Lord Palmerston's Triumph, The Development of the Colonies, England and the Church of Rome, The Literature of the Mid-Century, Palmerston's Fall, The First Government of Lord Derby, The Coalition, The Eastern Question, The First Part of the Russian War, The Second Part of the Russian War.
online** vol 2: Covers 1855–1865
online v 2** vol 3: Covers 1865 to 1875. Chapters include The Russell-Gladstone Ministry, The Education of the Conservative Party, The Irish Church, Parties in the Church of England, The Climax of Liberalism, England and the Continent, Army Reform, The Settlement with America, The Conservative Reaction, The Liberal Heritage, Theology and Literature, The Ministry of All the Opportunities, Intellectual and Social Progress
online** vol 4: Covers 1875 to 1885. Chapters include The Storm in the East, Lord Beaconsfield's Position, The Fruits of Imperialism, The Storm in the West, The Policy of Reversal, The Irish Revolution, Egypt, The Soudan, Lord Spencer's Task, The Franchise, The Fall, Church and State
online** vol 5: Covers 1885 to 1895
online*''Life of Froude'', 190
online
Notes
References
* Ernest Gaskell, ''Northamptonshire Leaders: Social and Political''. London, Queenhithe, c. 1908
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1853 births
1935 deaths
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