Labouchere, Henry Dupré (1831–1912)

English diplomat, newspaper proprietor, and politician. In 1864 he entered Parliament as a Liberal, and became one of Gladstone's most loyal supporters. Later he sat as a Radical MP. He owned and edited the newspaper Truth, which exposed several political scandals. His most famous pieces of journalism were the dispatches he sent to the London Daily News under the byline ‘A Besieged Resident’ from the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71.

Labouchere was born in London, and educated at Eton. He entered the diplomatic service, and was attached to the embassies in St Petersburg and Dresden.