GeneAll.net - Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st earl of Oxford and Asquith

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st earl of Oxford and Asquith

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st earl of Oxford and Asquith

* Morley, Yorkshire 12.09.1852 + Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire 15.02.1928

Parents

Father: Joseph Dixon Asquith * 10.02.1825
Mother: Emily Willans * 23.06.1851

Marriages

Marriage I:
Helen Kelsall Melland

Marriage II:
Emma Alice Margaret Tennant

Children

Children from Marriage I:

Raymond Asquith * 06.11.1878 Katharine Frances Horner
Hon. Herbert Asquith * 11.03.1881 Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Charteris
Arthur Melland Asquith * 24.04.1883 Hon. Betty Constance Manners
Helen Violet Asquith, baroness Asquith of Yarnbury * 15.04.1887 Sir Maurice Bonham-Carter
Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone Anne Stephanie Pollock

Children from Marriage II:

Anthony Asquith * 09.11.1902
Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith Prince Antoine Bibesco

Titles

Earls of Oxford and Asquith (1)

Occupations

Prime Ministers of Great Britain (52) - 07.04.1908-05.12.1916

Orders

Knights of the Order of the Garter (874) - 1925

Chronology

07.04.1908
H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
17.05.1915
The last British Liberal Party government (Herbert Henry Asquith) falls.

Corrections / Updates