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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, was a British politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916.
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st earl of Oxford and Asquith, Viscount Asquith of Morley. Born: September 12, 1852, Morley, Yorkshire, England. Died: February 15, 1928, Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire (aged 75) Title / Office: House of Lords (1925-1928), United Kingdom. prime minister (1908-1916), United Kingdom.
- Education and Early Career
- Rise to Power
- The People’s Budget of 1909 and The Parliament Act of 1911
- Domestic and International Crises: Ireland and World War I
- Later Years
Herbert Henry Asquith was born in Morley, a town near the city of Leeds, in Yorkshire, England, on September 12, 1852. After the death of his father, a wool merchant, in 1860, Asquith and his family moved to Huddersfield, England. In 1863, he was sent to study at the City of London School. In 1870, Asquith won a scholarship to attend Balliol Colleg...
Asquith’s political fortunes rose quickly after his defense of Parnell. When the Liberals regained power in 1892, the new prime minister, William Gladstone (1809-98), appointed Asquith home secretary, a position responsible for overseeing security-related issues in Great Britain. Asquith disagreed with Liberal leader Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1...
Conservative members of the House of Lords (the upper house of Parliament; its members traditionally held hereditary titles such as duke or earl and inherited their seats in the legislature) rebelled against Asquith’s proposed reforms and, in an unprecedented move, vetoed the budget, known popularly as the People’s Budget of 1909. This move, in tur...
Although it was successful in implementing significant reforms, Asquith’s government faced additional challenges in the years between 1911 and 1914. Most pressing was the growing crisis over Ireland. Unionists, comprised largely of Conservatives and the military, wanted Ireland to remain a part of the British Union. An opposing group, led by Asquit...
With his resignation, Asquith’s political career began a long decline. Although he remained active in his party through the mid-1920s, he was in frequent conflict with those Liberals who supported Lloyd George. Asquith spent his final years writing books, and in 1925 accepted a peerage as Earl of Oxford and Asquith. He died on February 15, 1928, at...
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Herbert Henry (H.H.) Asquith was the last Prime Minister to lead a purely Liberal government. In peacetime, he led a reforming ministry, laying some of the foundations of the welfare state, and leading through the constitutional crisis of 1909-11.
A Short Guide. to H H Asquith's First World War. 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 pensions and unemployment insurance. Social reforms and the re-armament of the Royal Navy, necessitated an increase ...
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