Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield) Paul

Born in 1853, Herbert Woodfield Paul was an English writer, lawyer, and Liberal politician. He was educated at Eton and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he became president of the Oxford Union, and he was later called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn.

Alongside his legal and political life, he built a strong reputation as a man of letters. He wrote essays, biographies, and historical studies, and was known for an elegant, incisive style. His subjects included major political and literary figures, showing a wide command of British public life and intellectual history.

Paul also served as a Liberal Member of Parliament, linking his writing directly with the political world he observed so closely. He died in 1935, leaving behind work that reflects both the debates of his age and the pleasures of clear, intelligent prose.