1249 Herbert Paul

Constituency : Edinburgh  South  1892-5, Northampton 1906-10

Herbert  took  over  from  Hugh  Childers

Herbert   was   an  English  vicar's  son. He  was  educated  at  Eton  and  Oxford  where  he  was President  of  the  Oxford  Union  and  a  friend  of  Asquith. Herbert  was   a  barrister  who   became  an  outstanding  journalist  instead. He  was  known  for  brilliant  epigrams. He  was  a  leader-writer  of  the  Daily  News.

Herbert  was  defeated  by  a  Liberal  Unionist  in  1897.

Herbert  wrote  a  number  of  books  including  the  first  biography  of  Gladstone.

Herbert  returned  to  the  House  in  1906  replacing  Henry  Labouchere  at  Northampton.

He  died  in  1935  aged  52.