Praed, Winthrop Mackworth, witty facile versifier and politician, born in London; practised in verse-making from a boy, notably at Eton; bred for the bar, entered Parliament as a Tory in 1830, and rose into office; wrote several verse-tales, some pieces of promise, such as “Arminius” and “My Pretty Josephine,” a grotesque production called “The Red Fisherman,” and exquisite vers de société (1802‒1839).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
P. P., Clerk of this Parish * Prætor