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	First World War.com - Who's Who - Herbert Asquith
		Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928) was born in Morley in Yorkshire on 12 September 1852.
		Asquith was an outspoken advocate of free trade, a policy that was to greatly assist in the Liberal party's return to power in 1905, where he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Henry Campbell-Bannerman, and succeeding him as Prime Minister in 1908.
		Asquith's government from 1908 until the outbreak of war is best known for its ambitious social welfare legislation, which including provisions for old age pensions in 1908, and unemployment insurance in 1911.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/asquith.htm (633 words)

	Herbert Henry Asquith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Asquith declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914 in response to the German invasion of Belgium, as the 1839 Treaty of London had committed the United Kingdom to guard Belgium's neutrality in the event of invasion.
		Raised to the peerage as Viscount Asquith, of Morley in the West Riding of the County of York, and Earl of Oxford and Asquith in 1925, Asquith retired to the House of Lords after losing his seat again in the 1924 election held after the fall of the Labour government.
		Asquith was one of a select group of historical persons who are numerologically interesting because their birth date and their death date are numerical anagrams of each other.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Herbert_Henry_Asquith (2141 words)

	Herbert Henry Asquith
		In 1886 Asquith was elected as the Liberal MP for East Fife, despite the constraints of being a young widower with five children.
		Asquith appeared sidelined when he accepted Lloyd George's suggestion that a small cabinet committee direct the war, to the exclusion of the PM himself.
		In 1925 Asquith was granted the title of Earl of Oxford and elevated to the House of Lords.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/page140.asp (733 words)

	Herbert Henry Asquith - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (September 12, 1852 – February 15, 1928) served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916.
		The Liberal Party won a landslide victory in the 1905 general election, and Asquith became Chancellor of the Exchequer under Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
		Asquith's efforts over Home Rule for Ireland nearly provoked a civil war in Ireland, only averted by the outbreak of a European war.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /herbert_henry_asquith.htm (2002 words)

	Oxford and Asquith, Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st earl of on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		To finance both programs, Asquith's chancellor of the exchequer, David Lloyd George, introduced (1909) a radical budget that was rejected by the House of Lords.
		In 1912, Asquith renewed Liberal efforts to establish Irish Home Rule, a course that provoked a violent reaction from Protestants in Ulster, who were firmly supported by the Conservative party.
		Asquith's second wife, Margot (Tennant) Asquith, countess of Oxford and Asquith, 1864-1945, whom he married in 1894, was prominent in London society and noted for her wit.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/O/OxfordN1A1.asp (603 words)

	Encyclopedia: Herbert Henry Asquith
		Morleys Coat of Arms Morley is a town in the county of Yorkshire (since 1974, West Yorkshire), England, in Leeds Metropolitan Borough and is situated 5 miles south-west of Leeds City Centre, with a population of roughly 50,000.
		Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (born 22 April 1916) is the grandson of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, British Prime Minister from 1908 until 1916.
		Herbert Asquith (1881 - 1947) was the son of Herbert Henry Asquith, British Prime Minister — with whom he is frequently confused — and younger brother of Raymond Asquith.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Herbert-Henry-Asquith (9079 words)

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		Asquith lacked the charisma of David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, however, and as an administrator he was lackadaisical.
		Asquith was personally devastated by the death of his son Raymond during the Somme battles, but remained steadfast in his desire to see the war through.
		Asquith remained active in politics, even regaining his place as leader of the Liberal party in the 1920s, but his reputation never truly recovered from the war.
	www.gwpda.org /bio/a/asquith.html (599 words)

	Census UK Herbert Asquith
		In the 1886 General Election Asquith was elected as the Liberal MP for East Fife.
		Asquith returned to the House of Commons after the 1923 General Election when he was elected to represent Paisley.
		Herbert Asquith, who was granted the title, the Earl of Oxford in 1925, died in 1928.
	www.censusuk.co.uk /asquith.htm (204 words)

	The Asquith Memoirs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		In Asquith's Dublin Speeches I have transcribed Asquith's account of two speeches he made in Dublin, one outlining his Irish policy in 1912, and the second immediately after the outbreak of war in 1914.
		Asquith's leadership, never very dynamic, was further weakened by the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin and the Battle of the Somme (in which his own son was killed); by December, Lloyd George had gained the support of Bonar Law and the Tories, and forced him to resign as Prime Minister.
		Asquith lost his East Fife seat in the 1918 election, but won a by-election in Paisley in February 1920 to resume his place as leader of the opposition Liberals in the House of Commons.
	explorers.whyte.com /asquith (618 words)

	BBC - History - Herbert Asquith (1852 - 1928)
		Liberal prime minister of Great Britain from 1908 to 1916, Asquith was responsible for the Parliament Act of 1911 limiting the power of the House of Lords and led Britain during the first two years of World War One.
		The long-awaited introduction of conscription was insufficient to quell dissent and Asquith was under constant media attack.
		In 1925 Asquith accepted a peerage as Earl of Oxford and Asquith and was created a knight of the garter shortly afterwards.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/asquith_herbert.shtml (337 words)

	glbtq >> arts >> Asquith, Anthony
		His parents were Herbert Asquith (later Earl of Oxford and Asquith), who was British Prime Minister from 1909 to 1916, and the witty Margot Tennant Asquith, a highly visible figure in London literary and social circles.
		Small, effeminate, and hook-nosed, Asquith was nicknamed "Puffin" (or "Puff") as a child, because he reminded his mother of a bird of that species.
		Asquith was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was very much an aesthete and where he first became interested in film.
	www.glbtq.com /arts/asquith_a.html (683 words)

	Britannia Government: Prime Ministers - Herbert Henry Asquith
		Asquiths ministry was turbulent to say the least.
		When the Lords rejected the Liberals budget in 1909 it led to open conflict between the two houses of parliament that resulted in the Parliament Act of 1911 shifting the balance of legislative power from the Lords to the Commons, preventing the Lords from rejecting public legislation.
		Asquith lead a coalition government following the outbreak of World War I, but was ousted by Lloyd George, another Liberal, who had secured the backing of Conservatives to win election in December, 1916.
	www.britannia.com /gov/primes/prime41.html (611 words)

	Herbert Asquith
		Herbert Asquith was born in Morley, Yorkshire in 1852.
		Asquith, who had just obtained a victory in the 1910 General Election, was in a strong position, and the king agreed that if necessary he would create 250 new Liberal peers to remove the Conservative majority in the Lords.
		When Asquith changed his mind in November 1911 and instead announced legislation that would enable all adult males to vote, the WSPU organised a window breaking campaign including an attack on Asquith's home.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRasquith.htm (1188 words)

	Herbert Henry Asquith
		Asquith was educated at the City of London School and Balliol College, Oxford.
		Asquith's government was responsible for introducing a series of social reforms between 1918 and 1914 including Old Age Pensions, National Health Insurance and National Unemployment Insurance.
		Asquith's Liberal government was severely criticised and the cabinet was forced to resign.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWasquith.htm (463 words)

	Asquith on Ireland, 1920
		Extract from Memories and Reflections, 1852-1927, by the Earl of Oxford and Asquith, K.G. (1928): Vol 2, Chapter 20, pp.
		[Asquith's comments on the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, and the general political situation of the time, show him at his best.
		With nothing but contempt for the policy of his former colleagues in government, he fairly accurately sketches the form of the eventual settlement which took another year to be reached.
	explorers.whyte.com /asquith/asq1920.htm (1405 words)

	Mailbox Internet : Asquith - ADSL and Database Hosting
		Alice Asquith put her research skills to good use by thoroughly researching the fitness and lifestyle clothing market before launching Asquith in March 2002.
		The success of Asquith is largely down to fulfilling a need for clothing to suit the demanding lifestyle of today’s woman.
		Asquith is enjoying a rapidly expanding and aspirational fan base and it's high profile clients include Natalie Imbruglia, Victoria Beckham and Gwyneth Paltrow.
	www.mailbox.net.uk /page.php?cid=178 (469 words)

	THE MAKING AND PUTATIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF A BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY OF GESTURE, DECEMBER 1905 TO AUGUST 1914: THE ...
		Asquith was weak and thought no cabinet was necessary but later on he saw he had backed the wrong horse and on 15 November we won a great victory for a principle.
		Asquith began by saying that the only explanation of German policy that fitted all the known facts was that they wanted war.
		Asquith offered, by way of explanation, the suggestion that the internal condition of Germany was so unsatisfactory that the Germans might be driven to the wildest adventures in order to divert national sentiment into a new channel.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/peer.htm (6883 words)

	christinareporting.com - Christina Asquith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		As terrorism increased and most journalists packed their bags, Asquith donned an abaya and stayed the course. ChristinaReporting.com showcases many of her articles, including her weekly column, and her regular contributions to newspapers and magazines in the US and UK.
		Asquith also speaks at colleges in the US on education, women's rights and journalism in Iraq.
		Asquith's first book is due out this September 2005. "The Emergency Teacher" is an examination of the rise of untrained teachers in poor public schools, based off of her experience as a rookie teacher in Philadelphia's toughest middle school in 1999.
	www.christinareporting.com (358 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Bio: Herbert Henry Asquith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Asquith, a brilliant parliamentarian, was not a good wartime leader.
		Asquith did not understand, nor could he control, the Generals who insisted that all effort be mad to break the German lines in France.
		Asquith is believed to have been the first prime minister since the younger Pitt who is said to have been manifestly worse for drink when on the Treasury Bench.
	www.worldwar1.com /bioeasq.htm (400 words)

	First World War.com - Vintage Audio - Lady Margot Asquith on the Events of August 1914
		Available here is a recording made by Lady Margot Asquith (1864-1945) in 1918 recalling the events as witnessed in Britain during the days immediately preceding war at the start of August 1914.
		Lady Asquith spoke not only as a renowned society figure and wit, but also as the wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, the politician who brought Britain into the war as its Prime Minister in 1914.
		Herbert Asquith himself proved a casualty of the war; he was ousted as Prime Minister in December 1916 by his Chancellor of the Exchequer and long-time colleague David Lloyd George.
	www.firstworldwar.com /audio/margotasquith.htm (187 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 94028401 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Asquith was at the pinnacle of his success when the course of his life and that of his country was changed by the outbreak of the First World War.
		Asquith as War Leader is the first comprehensive study of this exceptionally talented Prime Minister's war record.
		Because he was not the Prime Minister who won in 1918, Asquith's achievements in dealing with the problems of fighting a war on an unprecedented scale have been insufficiently recognised.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/hol032/94028401.html (278 words)

	Women's suffrage movement: PM Asquith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		In 1906 a new Liberal government was elected to Parliament, with first Henry Campbell-Bannerman and then, in 1908, Herbert Henry Asquith as Prime Minister.
		But they were to be disappointed, particularly with Asquith, a noted anti-suffragist.
		Even the Women’s Sunday march in Hyde Park in June 1908, in which 250,000 people shouted "Votes for Women," did not move Asquith to allow a suffrage bill to be introduced.
	www.tchevalier.com /fallingangels/bckgrnd/suffrage/asquith (84 words)

	Herbert Henry Asquith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Asquith's efforts over Irish Home Rule nearly provoked a civil war in Ireland over Northern Ireland, only averted by the outbreak of a European war.
		Another son became a Law Lord, and two other sons married well, one being the poet Herbert Asquith (who is often confused with his father).
		March, 1914 - Asquith temporarily succeeds as Secretary for War.
	www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Herbert_Henry_Asquith (1970 words)

	Articles - Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		The Right Honourable Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (born 22 April 1916) is the grandson of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, British Prime Minister from 1908 until 1916.
		Asquith inherited the Earldom on the death of his grandfather, as his father Raymond Asquith had died during the First World War.
		Asquith was the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Seychelles from 1962 to 1967 and the Commander of the British Indian Ocean Territory from 1965 to 1967.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Julian_Asquith,_2nd_Earl_of_Oxford_and_Asquith?mySession=bc569380bc3bf22f92f6c4205b24e92c (443 words)

	Asquith taxi
		The spacious interior of the Asquith Taxi accommodates even the fullest of bridal gowns and the height proves to be no problem for the groom’s top hat.
		An Asquith Taxi is suitable for any event or occasion with its 1930’s styling, which incorporates a spacious interior allowing up to, five people to travel in first class luxury.
		The Asquith Taxi is fully wheelchair accessible and both driver and vehicle are licenced by the Metropolitan Police, with it’s air suspension, automatic gearbox and rear seat belts you can be assured that when you travel in an Asquith Taxi your safety and comfort are never compromised.
	www.gift-heaven.com /asquith_taxi.htm (296 words)

	Herbert Henry Asquith
		In December 1916, Lloyd George who was the Secretary of State for War, with the backing of both Liberal and Unioniast members of Parliament demanded that a small war cabinet br formed with out the Prime Minister, and that this cabinet be resposible for the conduct of the war.
		Asquith resigned as Prime Minister, December 5, 1916.
		The X is believed to have been Asquith.) Asquith is believed to have been the first prime minister since the younger Pitt who is said to have been manifestly worse for drink when on the Treasury Bench.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/A/asquithherbert/1.html (391 words)

	Anthony Asquith
		Daddy was Herbert Asquith, prominent Liberal politician and Prime Minister (1908-1916).
		The same criticism was levelled at his next few films in which he grappled with the innovation of sound.
		Asquith got wonderful performances from the ensemble casts of Quiet Wedding, The Winslow Boy and The Importance of Being Earnest, and memorable star performances from Michael Redgrave in The Browning Version and David Niven in Carrington VC.
	www.britishpictures.com /stars/Asquith.htm (370 words)

	what were the similarities and differences between Asquith and Lloyd George in government?
		Below is a short sample of the essay "what were the similarities and differences between Asquith and Lloyd George in government?".
		Asquith was classically educated in a public school and then went on to Balliol College Oxford, whereas, Lloyd George was brought up in a middle class family and did not attend a public school or an exclusive university.
		Asquith had a more serious temperament than Lloyd George (it is also thought that his alcohol use caused him to lack in energy), Lloyd George was much more flamboyant and he fizzed with energy and ideas.
	www.coursework.info /i/34140.html (327 words)

	Herbert Henry Asquith
		They were no longer allowed to prevent the passage of 'money bills' and it also restricted their ability to delay other legislation to three sessions of parliament.
		Gradually the Conservatives in the cabinet began to question Asquith's abilities as a war leader.
		Asquith lost his seat in East Fife in 1918 and William Wedgwood Benn led the groups opposed to Lloyd George's government.
	members.fortunecity.se /mikaelxii/ww1/Britain/Government/Asquit.html (820 words)

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