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Herbert Henry Asquith

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Oxford and Asquith
KG PC KC FRS
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
5 April 1908 – 5 December 1916
Monarch
Preceded by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Succeeded by David Lloyd George
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
10 December 1905 – 12 April 1908
Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Preceded by Austen Chamberlain
Succeeded by David Lloyd George
Home Secretary
In office
18 August 1892 – 25 June 1895
Prime Minister
Preceded by Henry Matthews
Succeeded by Matthew White Ridley
Secretary of State for War
In office
30 March 1914 – 5 August 1914
Preceded by J. E. B. Seely
Succeeded by The Earl Kitchener
Leader of the Opposition
In office
12 February 1920 – 21 November 1922
Monarch George V
Prime Minister
Preceded by Donald Maclean
Succeeded by Ramsay MacDonald
In office
6 December 1916 – 14 December 1918
Monarch George V
Prime Minister David Lloyd George
Preceded by Sir Edward Carson
Succeeded by Donald Maclean
Leader of the Liberal Party
In office
30 April 1908 – 14 October 1926
Preceded by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Succeeded by David Lloyd George
Personal details
Born Herbert Asquith
(1852-09-12)12 September 1852
Morley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died 15 February 1928(1928-02-15) (aged 75)
Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England
Resting place All Saints' Church, Sutton Courtenay
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s)
  • Helen Melland (m. 1877; her death 1891)
  • Margot Tennant (m. 1894; his death 1928)
Children 10, including Raymond, Herbert, Arthur, Violet, Cyril, Elizabeth, Anthony
Education
Profession Barrister

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC, KC, FRS (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916, and was the last Liberal leader to lead that party in government without forming a coalition. He had a central role in the design and passage of major liberal legislation. In August 1914, Asquith took the United Kingdom into the First World War, but resigned amid political conflict in December 1916 and was succeeded by his War Secretary David Lloyd George.

Asquith's father owned a small business but died when Asquith was seven. Asquith was educated at City of London School and Balliol College, Oxford. He trained as a barrister and after a slow start to his career achieved great success. In 1886, he was adopted as Liberal candidate for East Fife, a seat he held over thirty years. In 1892, he was appointed as Home Secretary in Gladstone's fourth ministry, remaining in the post until the Liberals lost the 1895 election. In the decade of opposition that followed, Asquith became a major figure in the party, and when the Liberals regained power under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in 1905, Asquith was named as Chancellor of the Exchequer. In 1908, Asquith succeeded him as prime minister, with David Lloyd George as chancellor.


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