Background
Street Paul was the second son of Horace Street Paul of Ewart Park, in Northumberland. His father held the title of Count Street Paul of the Austrian Empire. His mother Anne was the daughter of Henry Weston of Surrey.
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Henry Paul
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Eton College.
Career
Educated at Eton, he was commissioned as an ensign in the 60th Foot in 1802, but preferred managing his father"s estates and was on half-pay from the army by 1803. At the 1820 general election he was defeated by Sir David Milne, but that result was reversed on petition in July 1820, and Street Paul was re-elected later the same month without a contest. However, he died on 1 November, age 43, before he could resume his seat.
His death triggered a by-election which was contested by the Scottish Tory nabob James Balfour and the Whig baronet Sir Francis Blake.
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Membership
5th United Kingdom Parliament. 6th United Kingdom Parliament. 7th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected at the 1812 general election as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland, and re-elected in 1818.
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November 1, 1820 (aged 43) -
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United Kingdom