Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (/ ˈæskwɪθ / ASS-kwith; 12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British statesman and …

Jul 28, 1999 · Asquith was the second son of Joseph Asquith, a small businessman in the wool trade and an ardent Congregationalist, who died in 1860. Asquith was educated at the City of …

As Prime Minister, Asquith presided over a period of national upheaval, with the issues of Irish Home Rule and women’s suffrage dominating the era. He also brought Britain into the First …

Dec 16, 2009 · H.H. Asquith advocated denying women the right to vote. As a result, his house became a target of the British suffragette movement's mass window-breaking campaign in the …

Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928) was Prime Minister of Great Britain between 1908 and 1916. His pre-war liberal government laid the foundations of today's welfare state introducing …

Read more about Herbert Henry Asquith, the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to lead a purely Liberal government.

Herbert Asquith © Asquith was British Liberal prime minister from 1908 to 1916, introducing significant domestic reform and taking Britain into World War One.

Violet Asquith, better known under her married name of Violet Bonham Carter, was a Liberal politician and was created a life peer as Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury in 1964.

H.H. Asquith, considered the founder of the British welfare state, was the prime minister of the United Kingdom who led the British Empire into the monumental debacle that was World War I.

Nearly 90 years after his ejection from office and 80 years since his death, Herbert Henry Asquith is an almost forgotten figure among 20th-century Prime Ministers, even though his …