Herbert W PaulHerbert Woodfield Paul (1853-1935) was a prominent English author and member of the Liberal Party in the United Kingdom's Parliament. The individual in question was the firstborn male offspring of George Woodfield Paul, who held the position of Vicarin the town of Finedon, and Jessie Philippa Mackworth. The individual in question received his education at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he assumed the role of President of the Oxford Union. In 1878, he was admitted to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. He held the position as a leader-writer at the Daily News. In the year 1883, the individual in question entered into matrimony with Elinor Budworth, who happened to be the daughter of the Honorable William Ritchie, a prominent member of the Viceregal Council situated in Calcutta. Paul was elected as a Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South in the year 1892. In 1895, he was unsuccessful in retaining his parliamentary position, however, he later regained his place in the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament representing Northampton from 1906 to January 1910. He held the position of Second Civil Service Commissioner from 1909 to 1918. Read More Read Less