James Mellor Paulton

Paulton was the son of Abraham Walter Paulton of Bolton, and his wife Martha Mellor, daughter of James Mellor, of Liverpool.^[2] Venn says that his father was the first editor of the Manchester Examiner. Paulton was educated at London International College and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.^[3] He was admitted at Inner Temple on 9 November 1878, but became a journalist.^[4] He was war correspondent for the Manchester Examiner in 1884 when he reported on the campaign in Egypt.^[5] He was present at Battle of El Teb in 1884.

At the 1885 general election, Paulton was elected as Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland.^[6]

He was private Secretary to James Bryce and Hugh Childers in the Home Office in 1886, and assistant private secretary to H. H. Asquith from 1893 to 1895. He held his seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the January 1910 election.^[6]

Paulton was assistant paymaster-general at the Supreme Court from 1909 to 1921.^{[citation needed]}

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Paulton

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland 1885 – January 1910	Succeeded by Sir Henry Havelock-Allan