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{{Short description|British landowner and politician}}
'''Sir Horace St Paul, 2nd Baronet''' (29 December 1812 – 1891) was a British landowner and politician, who represented [[East Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Worcestershire]] in Parliament between 1837 and 1841.
Horace St Paul was born on 29 December 1812,<ref name="ILN">{{cite news |title=Sir Horace St Paul, Bart |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001578/18910606/090/0031 |work=Illustrated London News |date=6 June 1891}}</ref> the only son of [[Sir Horace St Paul, 1st Baronet|Horace St Paul]], MP for Bridport, and Anna Maria, the illegitimate daughter of [[John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward]]. His father inherited a title as a [[count]] of the [[Austrian Empire]] that same year and was awarded the title of [[baronet]] in 1813. <ref name="hop">{{cite encyclopedia
|title= ST. PAUL, Sir Horace David Cholwell, 1st bt. (1775-1840), of Ewart Park, Belford, Northumb.; Willingsworth Hall, Staffs. and 10 Chapel Street, Grovesnor Square, Mdx.
|encyclopedia= The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832
|year= 2009
|last1= Farrell
|first1= Stephen
|publisher= Cambridge University Press
|url= http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/st-paul-sir-horace-1775-1840
}}</ref> He was educated at [[Christ Church, Oxford]].<ref name="ILN"/>
St Paul contested [[East Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Worcestershire]] as a Conservative at the [[1835 general election (UK)|1835 general election]], when he was narrowly defeated by two Whig candidates, and again at the [[1837 general election (UK)|1837 general election]], when he was returned along with another Conservative.<ref name="Stenton">{{Cite book|title=Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885|editor=M. Stenton|publisher=Harvester Press|year=1976|page=339}}</ref> The 1837 election was said to have cost him around £16,000.<ref name="journal">{{cite news |title=Death of Sir Horace St Paul |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000150/18910530/047/0005 |work=Worcester Journal |date=30 May 1891}}</ref> He stood down at the [[1841 general election (UK)|1841 general election]] due to ill health.<ref name="journal"/>
On his father's death in October 1840 he inherited an estate of over £100,000, together with the Austrian countship and the baronetcy.<ref name="hop"/> He owned property at [[Ellowes Hall]] near Dudley and [[Ewart Park]] near Wooler, Northumberland.<ref name="journal"/> He married Jane Eliza Grey in 1867, and had one daughter, Maria, born 1868.<ref name="ILN"/> He died 28 May 1891,<ref name="Stenton"/> when the baronetcy became extinct.<ref name="ILN"/>
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