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  Earl of Oxford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, is perhaps the most famous of the line, due to the claims put forward by some that he was the actual author of the works of William Shakespeare (see Shakespearean authorship).
The Vere Earls of Oxford were also hereditary holders of the office of Lord Great Chamberlain until the death of the 18th Earl in 1625.
Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (b.
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 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.
His eldest son Raymond Asquith was killed at the Somme in 1916, and thus his peerage passed to the latter's only son Julian, now 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (born in 1916, only a few months before his father's death).
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 Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Right Honourable Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith KCMG (born April 22, 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.
Oxford 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.
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 Encyclopedia: Herbert Henry Asquith
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an English order of chivalry with a history stretching back to mediæval times; today it is the world's oldest national order of knighthood in continuous existence and the pinnacle of the British honours system.
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.
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 Herbert Henry Asquith
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.
Asquith narrowly avoided a constitutional crisis, made the powers of the Lords the issue of the elections of January and December 1910, and curbed those powers by the Parliament Act of 1911.
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.
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 Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter
1812 (638) Francis (Rawdon-Hastings), 2nd Earl of Moira.
1603 (395) Ludovick (Stuart), 2nd Duke of Lennox.
Earl of Hereford, K.G. Married Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham, K.G., afterwards Duke of Gloucester.
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 Earl of Oxford
Earl of Oxford was one of the oldest titles in the English peerage, and was held for several centuries by the de Vere family.
It finally became dormant in 1703 with the death of the 20th Earl.
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, is perhaps the most famous of the line, due to the claims put forward by some that he was the actual author of the works of William Shakespeare (see Shakespeare authorship).
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 Earl of Oxford
\n*Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford (1110-1194)\n*Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford (1172-1214)\n*Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford (d.
\n*Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (1661-1724)\n*Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (1689-1741)\n*Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (1699-1755)\n*Edward Harley, 4th Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (1726-1790)\n*Edward Harley, 5th Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (1773-1849)\n*Alfred Harley, 6th Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (1809-1853)
\n*Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852-1928)\n*Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (b.
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 Shakespearean authorship
Thomas Looney in 1920, Oxford is today the alternative candidate the majority of anti-Stratfordians have settled upon.
Oxford died in 1604, perhaps the most convincing argument against Oxford's authorship, as ten of Shakespeare's plays are most likely written after Oxford's death, and several specifically refer to events later than 1604 — e.g.
The present Lord Oxford, Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, is, amusingly, known to be a supporter of the Oxfordian theory.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Herbert Henry Asquith
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.
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.
His eldest son Raymond Asquith was killed at the Somme in 1916, and thus his peerage passed to the latter's only son Julian, now 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (born 1916) a few months before his father's death.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Raymond Asquith
Raymond Asquith (November 6, 1878 - September 15, 1916) was an English barrister and son of British Prime Minister H.H. Asquith.
Raymond Asquith was a member of The Coterie and a prominent young Englishman of the Edwardian period.
Other relatives include the late director Anthony Asquith (a half-brother), the actress Helena Bonham Carter (granddaughter of Violet Asquith), the writer John Joliffe (grandson of Raymond Asquith, and nephew of the 2nd Earl), and the late Liberal politician Jo Grimond (who married Raymond Asquith's niece, a daughter of Violet).
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 Encyclopedia: Helena Bonham Carter
Her father came from a famous British political and theatrical family; she is the great-granddaughter of the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Herbert Henry Asquith, and members of her family are Life Peers.
Her maternal grandfather was a Spanish ambassador and a Roman Catholic; her maternal grandmother came from a rich Austrian-based Jewish family, and had converted to Catholicism upon marrying her ambassador husband.
Her maternal grandfather was a Spanish ambassador and a Catholic; her maternal grandmother came from a rich Austrian-based Jewish family, and had converted to Catholicism upon marrying her ambassador husband (despite the conversion, both Helena and her mother are considered Jewish under Jewish religious law).
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 James I Descendants News, 2004
Presumably this is the grandson of the 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, born 25 July, 1914 (son of the PM's second son, Herbert, who married Lady Cynthia Charteris, daughter of the 11th Earl of Wemyss).
Laura is a granddaughter paternally of the 15th Lord Lovat, and a granddaughter maternally of the 8th Earl of Warwick.
The engagement was announced, 2 August, 2004, between, the Hon Vere George Boscawen (b.1964, fourth and youngest son of the 9th Viscount Falmouth, and Viscountess Falmouth) and Elizabeth A. Pryor (daughter of the late Richard Pryor, and Mrs John Rymer-Jones).
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 The Great War - Personae gratissima, mini bios - James Mowbray   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
1925), 1852-1928: Liberal politician and statesman, educated Balliol College, Oxford; called to the bar 1876; Liberal MP for East Fife, 1886-1918; Home Secretary 1892-5, and one of the few Liberals to support the South African War; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1905-8, and Prime Minister from April 1908 to December 1916.
During his administration the People's Budget, 1909 and the ensuing Parliament Act, 1911, wrought a financial and social revolution in Britain and started her down the road to socialism, however unintentionally.
earl, 1919; after the war he devoted his life, and much of his money, to aiding his veterans.
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 Read about Category:Peers at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Category:Peers and learn about Category:Peers here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
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John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 1148
She married Frederick William Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham, son of George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham and Lady Beatrix Frances Hamilton, on 26 May 1879.
She married John Frederick Lambton, 5th Earl of Durham, son of Frederick William Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham and Beatrix Bulteel, on 12 November 1919.
He was the son of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Helen Kelsall Melland.
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 Royal News 2005, Section III
Charles Lambton (himself the son of George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham, and of his wife, née Lady Beatrix Hamilton [daughter of the 1st Duke of Abercorn]) and of his wife, née Lavinia Marion Garforth (herself the daughter of William Henry Garforth and of his wife, née Hon.
He was twice married: firstly, in 1948 (divorced 1971) to Harriet Mary Elizabeth Tomlin (daughter of Colonel Julian Latham Tomlin), by whom he had one son, Neil, and one daughter, Carola; and secondly, in 1975, to Hon.
Arthur Melland Asquith (himself the son of Herbert Henry Asquith, Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minsiter of Great Britain) and of his wife, née Hon.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 1107
     Edward Julian George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith was born on 22 April 1916.
He is the son of Raymond Asquith and Katharine Frances Horner.
Child of Edward Julian George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Anne Mary Celestine Palairet
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 Ottoline Morrell Collection, Index of Correspondents
Asquith of Yarnbury, Helen Violet, Baroness, 1.12 (21), 35.5
Crawford, Alexander Robert Lindsay, Earl of, 1900- --4.4 (2)
Oxford and Asquith, H.H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928--16.9 (31)
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith
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 Herbert Henry Asquith - Bvio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Earldom of Oxford and Asquith } '''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.
Another son Cyril became a Law Lord, and two other sons married well, one being the poet Herbert Asquith (who is often confused with his father).
This page was last modified 14:29, 25 January 2006.
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 Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1916--), Colonial administrator
Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1916--), Colonial administrator
Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith
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