| Full name | Paul, Josiah Edward | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1853 | ||
| Date of death | date unknown | ||
| School | Rugby School | ||
| University | Royal Indian Engineering College | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| Cooper's Hill | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1875 | England | 1 | |
Josiah Edward Paul (born 1853) was a rugby union international who represented England in 1875.[1]
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Josiah Edward Paul was born in around June 1853, registered in Tetbury[2] His father was Josiah T Paul, a solicitor, and his mother was Mary, who was twentyone years his father's junior. Josiah had at least two older siblings, Charlotte (born c. 1840) and Alfred (born c. 1849). He also had two younger siblings, Amy (born c.1858) and Lionel (born c. 1859).[3] By the time Josiah was fourteen his father lived at The Close, Tetbury. Josiah was educated at Rugby School from the age of fourteen, and left in 1872.[4] From Rugby he went to Royal Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill (referred to as Wilson Indian Engineering College).
Josiah played rugby football at the home of the sport at Rugby School. At Cooper's Hill he was able to continue playing rugby football in the college's representative side that had a first-class fixture list and a very strong reputation. Josiah was one of nine internationally capped players to have attended the college in the 1870s. He made his international debut and only appearance for England on 8 March 1875 at Edinburgh in the Scotland vs England match.[1]
After his training at Cooper's Hill Josiah joined the Madras Public Works Department (PWD) on 1 October 1875. He became assistant to the chief engineer and under secretary to the government for irrigation (India branch), in 1880. In June 1886 he became an executive engineer, and retired in December 1900.[5]
During his life, Josiah married twice. In 1882 he married Charlotte Dowson in Thetford[6] They lived at Nicholas Street, Thetford in 1883, where their son Edward William was born. Josiah later married Helen Mary Harries in Tunbridge Wells, on 29 July 1896.[7]