Asquith, H.H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1852-09-12
Death 1928-02-15
Britons,
English,

Biographical notes:

First Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Statesman, and Prime Minister.

From the description of Letters, 1902-1919. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41417274

Earl of Oxford and Asquith. British M.P.; served as Home Secretary, 1892-1895; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1905-1908; Secretary of State for War, 1914; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, 1908-1916.

From the description of Papers, 1912-1939. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19108896

1876 barrister, Lincoln's Inn; 1890 QC; 1886-1918 Member of Parliament for East Fife; 1892-1895 Secretary of State for Home Department; 1892-1895 Ecclesiastical Commissioner; 1905-1908 Chancellor of the Exchequer; 1908-1916 Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury; 1914 Secretary of State for War (while Prime Minister); 1920-1924 Member of Parliament for Paisley.

Epithet: statesman

Title: 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x00005c

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Subjects:

  • World War, 1939-1945

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Places:

  • Great Britain, Europe (as recorded)
  • Norway, Europe (as recorded)
  • Barnstaple, Devon (as recorded)
  • Canada, North America (as recorded)
  • Hague, the Netherlands (as recorded)
  • Newton Abbot, Devon (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
  • Berar, India (as recorded)
  • Great Britain, Europe (as recorded)
  • Appleby, Lincolnshire (as recorded)
  • Kemsing, Kent (as recorded)
  • Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
  • London, England (as recorded)
  • South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Great Britain, Europe (as recorded)
  • Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
  • United States, North America (as recorded)
  • Turkey, Asia Minor (as recorded)
  • Egham, Surrey (as recorded)
  • Norway, Europe (as recorded)
  • London, England (as recorded)
  • London, county of, England (as recorded)
  • Romsey, Hampshire (as recorded)
  • Paignton, Devon (as recorded)
  • Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
  • Germany, etc., and transactions in particular reigns. Weimar Republic (as recorded)
  • Norway, Europe (as recorded)
  • Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
  • Torquay, Devon (as recorded)
  • Redruth, Cornwall (as recorded)
  • Barkston Ash Division, West Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Launceston, Cornwall (as recorded)
  • Dunfermline, Fifeshire (as recorded)
  • Brixham, Devon (as recorded)
  • South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
  • Stirling, Scotland (as recorded)
  • Ashburton, Devon (as recorded)
  • Leith, Edinburgh (as recorded)
  • Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
  • Turkey, Asia Minor (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • Tavistock, Devon (as recorded)
  • Germany, Europe (as recorded)
  • Cornwall, England (as recorded)
  • London, county of, England (as recorded)
  • Truro, Cornwall (as recorded)
  • Plymouth, Devon (as recorded)
  • Dartmouth, Devon (as recorded)
  • Camborne, Cornwall (as recorded)
  • London, England (as recorded)
  • Falmouth, Cornwall (as recorded)
  • Ireland, Europe (as recorded)

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