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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Oxford_%26_Asquith_Achievement.png/220px-Oxford_%26_Asquith_Achievement.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Oxford_%26_Asquith_Achievement.png/330px-Oxford_%26_Asquith_Achievement.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Oxford_%26_Asquith_Achievement.png/440px-Oxford_%26_Asquith_Achievement.png 2x" data-file-width="729" data-file-height="691" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Blazon" title="Blazon">Blazon</a></b> </p> <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> <p><i><b>Arms:</b> Sable on a Fess between three Cross Crosslets Argent a Portcullis of the field. <b>Crest:</b> Issuant out of Clouds proper, a Mascle Gules. <b>Supporters:</b> On either side a Lion Purpure, charged on the shoulder with an open Book Argent, edged Or.</i> </p> </div> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Creation date</th><td class="infobox-data">10 February 1925<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data">King <a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">George V</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Peerage</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Peerage of the United Kingdom">Peerage of the United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Present holder</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Asquith,_3rd_Earl_of_Oxford_and_Asquith" title="Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith">Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Heir apparent</th><td class="infobox-data">Mark Julian Asquith, Viscount Asquith</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Remainder to</th><td class="infobox-data">The 1st Earl's <a href="/wiki/Heirs_male" class="mw-redirect" title="Heirs male">heirs male</a> <a href="/wiki/Heirs_of_the_body" title="Heirs of the body">of the body</a> lawfully begotten</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Subsidiary titles</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Viscount Asquith</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Extant</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Sine macula macla</i> <br /> ("Spotless")<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Herbert_Henry_Asquith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Herbert_Henry_Asquith.jpg/200px-Herbert_Henry_Asquith.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Herbert_Henry_Asquith.jpg/300px-Herbert_Henry_Asquith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Herbert_Henry_Asquith.jpg/400px-Herbert_Henry_Asquith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2615" /></a><figcaption>Herbert Henry Asquith, <br /> 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Earl of Oxford and Asquith</b> is a title in the <a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Peerage of the United Kingdom">Peerage of the United Kingdom</a>. It was created in 1925 for the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> politician <a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a>. He was <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> from 1892 to 1895, <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a> from 1905 to 1908, <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Leader of the Liberal Party</a> from 1908 to 1926 and <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a> from 1908 to 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-dtobit_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtobit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asquith was made <b>Viscount Asquith</b>, of Morley in the West Riding of the County of York, at the same time, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. This title is used as a <a href="/wiki/Courtesy_title" title="Courtesy title">courtesy title</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Heir_apparent" title="Heir apparent">heir apparent</a> to the earldom. </p><p>Asquith had originally wanted to be created simply <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Oxford" title="Earl of Oxford">Earl of Oxford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-times_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this greatly offended the collaterals of the <a href="/wiki/De_Vere_family" class="mw-redirect" title="De Vere family">de Vere family</a>, members of which had been <a href="/wiki/Earls_of_Oxford" class="mw-redirect" title="Earls of Oxford">earls of Oxford</a>, for centuries and of the Harley family, members of which had been <a href="/wiki/Earls_of_Oxford_and_earls_Mortimer" class="mw-redirect" title="Earls of Oxford and earls Mortimer">earls of Oxford and earls Mortimer</a>. In the face of opposition from them, another title had to be selected – the formal title 'Earl of Oxford and Asquith' was finally decided as a compromise, with it being abbreviated to 'Earl of Oxford' in everyday conversation and letters, which still irritated the other families.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first Earl was succeeded in 1928 by his grandson, his eldest son <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Asquith" title="Raymond Asquith">Raymond Asquith</a> having been killed in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. The second Earl was a diplomat and administrator and served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Seychelles" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the Seychelles">Governor of the Seychelles</a> from 1962 to 1967. He died in 2011 and was succeeded by his son, the third Earl and current holder of the title. The current Lord Oxford and Asquith is a retired diplomat. </p><p>Several other members of the Asquith family have also gained distinction. <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Asquith" title="Raymond Asquith">Raymond Asquith</a>, eldest son of the first Earl and father of the second, was a barrister and intellectual. <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Asquith_(poet)" title="Herbert Asquith (poet)">Herbert Asquith</a>, second son of the first Earl, was a poet, novelist and lawyer. <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Melland_Asquith" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Melland Asquith">Arthur Melland Asquith</a> (1883–1939), third son of the first Earl, was a <a href="/wiki/Brigadier-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier-General">Brigadier-General</a> in the Army. <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Asquith,_Baron_Asquith_of_Bishopstone" title="Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone">Cyril Asquith</a>, fourth son of the first Earl, was a <a href="/wiki/Lord_of_Appeal_in_Ordinary" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord of Appeal in Ordinary">Lord of Appeal in Ordinary</a> and was created a life peer as Baron Asquith of Bishopstone in 1951. <a href="/wiki/Violet_Bonham_Carter,_Baroness_Asquith_of_Yarnbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury">Violet Asquith</a>, 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. Her eldest son <a href="/wiki/Mark_Bonham_Carter,_Baron_Bonham-Carter" title="Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter">Mark Bonham Carter</a> was a publisher and politician and was created a life peer as Baron Bonham-Carter in 1986. His daughter is the life peer <a href="/wiki/Jane_Bonham_Carter,_Baroness_Bonham-Carter_of_Yarnbury" title="Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury">Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Bonham_Carter" title="Raymond Bonham Carter">Raymond Bonham Carter</a>, second son of Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, was a banker and the father of the noted actress <a href="/wiki/Helena_Bonham_Carter" title="Helena Bonham Carter">Helena Bonham Carter</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Edward_Bonham_Carter" title="Edward Bonham Carter">Edward Bonham Carter</a>. <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Bibesco" title="Elizabeth Bibesco">Elizabeth Asquith</a> (better known by her married name of Elizabeth Bibesco), the only daughter from the second marriage of the first Earl, was a moderately celebrated author who, for a short while, dated the Spanish grandee <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Primo_de_Rivera" title="José Antonio Primo de Rivera">José Antonio Primo de Rivera</a> (founder of <a href="/wiki/FET_y_de_las_JONS" title="FET y de las JONS">FET y de las JONS</a>) before marrying the Romanian lawyer, diplomat and writer Prince <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Bibesco" title="Antoine Bibesco">Antoine Bibesco</a> in 1919. <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Asquith" title="Anthony Asquith">Anthony Asquith</a>, only son from the second marriage of the first Earl, became a successful film director. <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Asquith" title="Dominic Asquith">Dominic Asquith</a>, second son of the second Earl, is a prominent diplomat and served as <a href="/wiki/British_Ambassador_to_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="British Ambassador to Iraq">British Ambassador to Iraq</a> from 2006 to 2007. <a href="/wiki/Margot_Asquith" title="Margot Asquith">Margot Asquith</a> (<i>née</i> Tennant), second wife of the first Earl, a socialite, author and wit, became the Countess of Oxford and Asquith upon her husband's becoming the first Earl. </p><p>The family seat is <a href="/wiki/Mells_Manor" title="Mells Manor">Mells Manor</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Mells,_Somerset" title="Mells, Somerset">Mells, Somerset</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Earls_of_Oxford_and_Asquith_(1925)"><span id="Earls_of_Oxford_and_Asquith_.281925.29"></span>Earls of Oxford and Asquith (1925)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Oxford_and_Asquith&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Earls of Oxford and Asquith (1925)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith</a> (1852–1928) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Asquith" title="Raymond Asquith">Raymond Asquith</a> (1878–1916)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Asquith,_2nd_Earl_of_Oxford_and_Asquith" title="Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith">Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith</a> (1916–2011)<sup id="cite_ref-dtobit_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtobit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Asquith,_3rd_Earl_of_Oxford_and_Asquith" title="Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith">Raymond Benedict Bartholomew Michael Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith</a> (b. 1952)<sup id="cite_ref-dtobit_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtobit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Heir_apparent" title="Heir apparent">heir apparent</a> is the present holder's only son, Mark Julian Asquith, Viscount Asquith (b. 1979), who is married to Helen, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Prentice" title="Christopher Prentice">Christopher Prentice</a>.<br /> The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, George Hannibal Asquith (b. 2011).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Line_of_succession_and_other_titles_held_by_descendants_of_the_1st_Earl">Line of succession and other titles held by descendants of the 1st Earl</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Oxford_and_Asquith&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Line of succession and other titles held by descendants of the 1st Earl"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/15px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/23px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/30px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <i><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith</a> (1852–1928)</i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Asquith" title="Raymond Asquith">Raymond Herbert Asquith</a> (1878–1916)</i> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/15px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/23px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/30px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <i><a href="/wiki/Julian_Asquith,_2nd_Earl_of_Oxford_and_Asquith" title="Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith">Edward Julian George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith</a> (1916–2011)</i> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/15px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/23px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/30px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Asquith,_3rd_Earl_of_Oxford_and_Asquith" title="Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith">Raymond Benedict Bartholomew Michael Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith</a></b> (born 1952) <ul><li><b>(1)</b> Mark Julian Asquith, <i>Viscount Asquith</i> (b. 1979) <ul><li><b>(2)</b> <i>Hon.</i> George Hannibal Asquith (b. 2011)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b>(3)</b> <i>Hon.</i> <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Asquith" title="Dominic Asquith">Sir Dominic Antony Gerard Asquith</a> (b. 1957) <ul><li><b>(4)</b> Thomas Anthony Gerard Asquith (b. 1992)</li> <li><b>(5)</b> William Raphael Augustine Asquith (b. 1994)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><i>Hon. <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Asquith_(poet)" title="Herbert Asquith (poet)">Herbert Dixon Asquith</a> (1881–1947)</i> <ul><li><i>Michael Henry Asquith (1914-2004)</i> <ul><li><b>(6)</b> Stephen Andrew Romilly Michael Asquith (b. 1944) <ul><li><b>(7)</b> Daniel Asquith (b. 1964)</li> <li><b>(8)</b> Portis Asquith (b. 1978)</li> <li><b>(9)</b> Thomas Ivo Asquith (b. 1980)</li></ul></li> <li><b>(10)</b> Peter Edward Asquith (b. 1947)</li></ul></li> <li><i>Simon Anthony Roland Asquith (1919–1973)</i> <ul><li><i>Conrad Robin Asquith (1945–2020)</i><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>(11)</b> Ivon Shaun Asquith (b. 1946) <ul><li><b>(12)</b> Thomas Asquith (b. 1982)</li> <li><b>(13)</b> William Asquith (b. 1985)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/15px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/23px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/30px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="179" /></a></span> <i><a href="/wiki/Violet_Bonham_Carter" title="Violet Bonham Carter">Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury</a> </i>née Violet Asquith<i> (1887–1969)</i> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/15px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/23px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/30px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="179" /></a></span> <i><a href="/wiki/Mark_Bonham_Carter,_Baron_Bonham-Carter" title="Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter">Mark Raymond Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter</a> (1922–1994)</i> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/15px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/23px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/30px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="179" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Jane_Bonham_Carter,_Baroness_Bonham-Carter_of_Yarnbury" title="Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury">Jane Mary Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury</a> (b. 1957)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/15px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/23px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/30px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="179" /></a></span> <i><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Asquith,_Baron_Asquith_of_Bishopstone" title="Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone">Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone</a> (1890–1954)</i> <ul><li><i>Hon. Paul Asquith (1927–1984)</i> <ul><li><b>(14)</b> Jonathan Paul Asquith (b. 1956) <ul><li><b>(15)</b> Paul William Asquith (b. 1988)</li> <li><b>(16)</b> Matthew Henry George Asquith (b. 1994)</li></ul></li> <li><b>(17)</b> Rupert Asquith (b. 1965)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Oxford_and_Asquith&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asquith_family" title="Asquith family">Asquith family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Oxford" title="Earl of Oxford">Earl of Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetia_Stanley_(1887%E2%80%931948)" title="Venetia Stanley (1887–1948)">Venetia Stanley</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span 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Home">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Perth" title="Earl of Perth">Perth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Strathmore_and_Kinghorne" title="Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne">Strathmore and Kinghorne</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Kellie" title="Earl of Kellie">Kellie</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Haddington" title="Earl of Haddington">Haddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Galloway" title="Earl of Galloway">Galloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lauderdale" title="Earl of Lauderdale">Lauderdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lindsay" title="Earl of Lindsay">Lindsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Loudoun" title="Earl of Loudoun">Loudoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Kinnoull" title="Earl of Kinnoull">Kinnoull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Elgin" title="Earl of Elgin">Elgin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Wemyss" title="Earl of Wemyss">Wemyss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Dalhousie" title="Earl of Dalhousie">Dalhousie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Airlie" title="Earl of Airlie">Airlie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Leven" title="Earl of Leven">Leven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Dysart" title="Earl of Dysart">Dysart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Selkirk" title="Earl of Selkirk">Selkirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Northesk" title="Earl of Northesk">Northesk</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Kincardine" title="Earl of Kincardine">Kincardine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Balcarres" title="Earl of Balcarres">Balcarres</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Newburgh" title="Earl of Newburgh">Newburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Dundee" title="Earl of Dundee">Dundee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Annandale_and_Hartfell" title="Earl of Annandale and Hartfell">Annandale and Hartfell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Dundonald" title="Earl of Dundonald">Dundonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Kintore" title="Earl of 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Tankerville">Tankerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Aylesford" title="Earl of Aylesford">Aylesford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Macclesfield" title="Earl of Macclesfield">Macclesfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Waldegrave" title="Earl Waldegrave">Waldegrave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Harrington" title="Earl of Harrington">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Portsmouth" title="Earl of Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Warwick" title="Earl of Warwick">Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Buckinghamshire" title="Earl of Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Guilford" title="Earl of Guilford">Guilford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Hardwicke" title="Earl of Hardwicke">Hardwicke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Ilchester" title="Earl of Ilchester">Ilchester</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Warwick" title="Earl of Warwick">Warwick</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_De_La_Warr" title="Earl De La Warr">De La Warr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Radnor" title="Earl of Radnor">Radnor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Spencer_(peerage)" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl Spencer (peerage)">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Bathurst" title="Earl Bathurst">Bathurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Clarendon" title="Earl of Clarendon">Clarendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Mansfield" title="Earl of Mansfield">Mansfield</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_Talbot" title="Earl Talbot">Talbot</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Mount_Edgcumbe" title="Earl of Mount Edgcumbe">Mount Edgcumbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Fortescue" title="Earl Fortescue">Fortescue</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Mansfield" title="Earl of Mansfield">Mansfield</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Carnarvon" title="Earl of Carnarvon">Carnarvon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Cadogan" title="Earl Cadogan">Cadogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Malmesbury" title="Earl of Malmesbury">Malmesbury</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_Ireland" title="Peerage of Ireland">Ireland</a> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland"><img alt="Kingdom of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/23px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/35px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/46px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Shrewsbury" title="Earl of Shrewsbury">Waterford</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Cork" title="Earl of Cork">Cork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Westmeath" title="Earl of Westmeath">Westmeath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Meath" title="Earl of Meath">Meath</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Desmond" title="Earl of Desmond">Desmond</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Cavan" title="Earl of Cavan">Cavan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Orrery" title="Earl of Orrery">Orrery</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Drogheda" title="Earl of Drogheda">Drogheda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Granard" title="Earl of Granard">Granard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Darnley" title="Earl of Darnley">Darnley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Bessborough" title="Earl of Bessborough">Bessborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Carrick_(Ireland)" title="Earl of Carrick (Ireland)">Carrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Shannon" title="Earl of Shannon">Shannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Arran_(Ireland)" title="Earl of Arran (Ireland)">Arran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Courtown" title="Earl of Courtown">Courtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Mexborough" title="Earl of Mexborough">Mexborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Winterton" title="Earl Winterton">Winterton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Kingston" title="Earl of Kingston">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Roden" title="Earl of Roden">Roden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lisburne" title="Earl of Lisburne">Lisburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Clanwilliam" title="Earl of Clanwilliam">Clanwilliam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Antrim" title="Earl of Antrim">Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Longford" title="Earl of Longford">Longford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Portarlington" title="Earl of Portarlington">Portarlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Mayo" title="Earl of Mayo">Mayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Annesley" title="Earl Annesley">Annesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Enniskillen" title="Earl of Enniskillen">Enniskillen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Erne" title="Earl Erne">Erne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lucan" title="Earl of Lucan">Lucan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Belmore" title="Earl Belmore">Belmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Castle_Stewart" title="Earl Castle Stewart">Castle Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Caledon" title="Earl of Caledon">Caledon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Donoughmore" title="Earl of Donoughmore">Donoughmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Limerick" title="Earl of Limerick">Limerick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Clancarty" title="Earl of Clancarty">Clancarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Rosse" title="Earl of Rosse">Rosse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Gosford" title="Earl of Gosford">Gosford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Normanton" title="Earl of Normanton">Normanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Kilmorey" title="Earl of Kilmorey">Kilmorey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Listowel" title="Earl of Listowel">Listowel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Norbury" title="Earl of Norbury">Norbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Ranfurly" title="Earl of Ranfurly">Ranfurly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Peerage of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Rosslyn" title="Earl of Rosslyn">Rosslyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Craven" title="Earl of Craven">Craven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Onslow" title="Earl of Onslow">Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Romney" title="Earl of Romney">Romney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Chichester" title="Earl of Chichester">Chichester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Wilton" title="Earl of Wilton">Wilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Powis" title="Earl of Powis">Powis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Nelson" title="Earl Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Grey" title="Earl Grey">Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lonsdale" title="Earl of Lonsdale">Lonsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Harrowby" title="Earl of Harrowby">Harrowby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Harewood" title="Earl of Harewood">Harewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Minto" title="Earl of Minto">Minto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Cathcart" title="Earl Cathcart">Cathcart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Verulam" title="Earl of Verulam">Verulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_St_Germans" title="Earl of St Germans">St Germans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Morley" title="Earl of Morley">Morley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Bradford" title="Earl of Bradford">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Eldon" title="Earl of Eldon">Eldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Howe" title="Earl Howe">Howe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Stradbroke" title="Earl of Stradbroke">Stradbroke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Temple_of_Stowe" title="Earl Temple of Stowe">Temple of Stowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Cawdor" title="Earl Cawdor">Cawdor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lichfield" title="Earl of Lichfield">Lichfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Durham" title="Earl of Durham">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Granville" title="Earl Granville">Granville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Effingham" title="Earl of Effingham">Effingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Ducie" title="Earl of Ducie">Ducie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Yarborough" title="Earl of Yarborough">Yarborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Leicester" title="Earl of Leicester">Leicester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Gainsborough" title="Earl of Gainsborough">Gainsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Strafford" title="Earl of Strafford">Strafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Cottenham" title="Earl of Cottenham">Cottenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Cowley" title="Earl Cowley">Cowley</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Winton" title="Earl of Winton">Winton</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Dudley" title="Earl of Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Russell" title="Earl Russell">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Cromartie" title="Earl of Cromartie">Cromartie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Kimberley" title="Earl of Kimberley">Kimberley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Wharncliffe" title="Earl of Wharncliffe">Wharncliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Cairns" title="Earl Cairns">Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lytton" title="Earl of Lytton">Lytton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Selborne" title="Earl of Selborne">Selborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Iddesleigh" title="Earl of Iddesleigh">Iddesleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Cranbrook" title="Earl of Cranbrook">Cranbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Cromer" title="Earl of Cromer">Cromer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Plymouth" title="Earl of Plymouth">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Liverpool" title="Earl of Liverpool">Liverpool</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Rosebery" title="Earl of Rosebery">Midlothian</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_St_Aldwyn" title="Earl St Aldwyn">St Aldwyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Beatty" title="Earl Beatty">Beatty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Haig" title="Earl Haig">Haig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Iveagh" title="Earl of Iveagh">Iveagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Balfour" title="Earl of Balfour">Balfour</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oxford and Asquith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Jellicoe" title="Earl Jellicoe">Jellicoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Inchcape" title="Earl of Inchcape">Inchcape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Peel" title="Earl Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Strathmore_and_Kinghorne" title="Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne">Strathmore and Kinghorne</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Baldwin_of_Bewdley" title="Earl Baldwin of Bewdley">Baldwin of Bewdley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Halifax" title="Earl of Halifax">Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Gowrie" title="Earl of Gowrie">Gowrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Lloyd-George_of_Dwyfor" title="Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor">Lloyd-George of Dwyfor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma" title="Earl Mountbatten of Burma">Mountbatten of Burma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Alexander_of_Tunis" title="Earl Alexander of Tunis">Alexander of Tunis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Swinton" title="Earl of Swinton">Swinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Attlee" title="Earl Attlee">Attlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Woolton" title="Earl of Woolton">Woolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Snowdon" title="Earl of Snowdon">Snowdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Stockton" title="Earl of Stockton">Stockton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><i>Italics</i>: This title is held by a peer who holds another earldom of higher precedence.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="H._H._Asquith" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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Asquith</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Premiership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1905%E2%80%931915#Asquith_ministry" title="Liberal government, 1905–1915">Liberal government 1908-1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asquith_coalition_ministry" title="Asquith coalition ministry">Coalition government 1915–1916</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herbert_Henry_Asquith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Herbert_Henry_Asquith.jpg/100px-Herbert_Henry_Asquith.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Herbert_Henry_Asquith.jpg/150px-Herbert_Henry_Asquith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Herbert_Henry_Asquith.jpg/200px-Herbert_Henry_Asquith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2615" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">January 1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">December 1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1924</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Career</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Relugas_Compact" title="Relugas Compact">Relugas Compact</a> (1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Budget" title="People's Budget">People's Budget</a> (1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Downing_Street" title="Battle of Downing Street">Battle of Downing Street</a> (1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marconi_scandal" title="Marconi scandal">Marconi scandal</a> (1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1914" title="Government of Ireland Act 1914">Third Home Rule Bill</a> (1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curragh_incident" title="Curragh incident">Curragh incident</a> (1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace_Conference" title="Buckingham Palace Conference">Buckingham Palace Conference</a> (1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_Crisis" title="July Crisis">July Crisis</a> (1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_entry_into_World_War_I" title="British entry into World War I">British entry into World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign" title="Gallipoli campaign">Gallipoli campaign</a> (1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shell_Crisis_of_1915" title="Shell Crisis of 1915">Shell Crisis</a> (1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Rising" title="Easter Rising">Easter Rising</a> (1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Debate" title="Maurice Debate">Maurice Debate</a> (1918)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1918)" title="Independent Liberal Party (UK, 1918)">Independent Liberal Party (1918)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Constituenies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">East Fife</a> (1886-1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley</a> (1920-1924)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Margot_Asquith" title="Margot Asquith">Margot Asquith</a> (second wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Asquith" title="Raymond Asquith">Raymond Asquith</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Asquith_(poet)" title="Herbert Asquith (poet)">Herbert Asquith</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Asquith" title="Arthur Asquith">Arthur Asquith</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Violet_Bonham_Carter" title="Violet Bonham Carter">Violet Bonham Carter</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Asquith,_Baron_Asquith_of_Bishopstone" title="Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone">Cyril Asquith</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Bibesco" title="Elizabeth Bibesco">Elizabeth Bibesco</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Asquith" title="Anthony Asquith">Anthony Asquith</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Bonham-Carter" title="Maurice Bonham-Carter">Maurice Bonham-Carter</a> (son-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Cynthia_Asquith" title="Lady Cynthia Asquith">Cynthia Asquith</a> (daughter-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Asquith" title="Katharine Asquith">Katharine Asquith</a> (daughter-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Tennant,_1st_Baron_Glenconner" title="Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner">Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner</a> (brother-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Tennant" title="Harold Tennant">Harold Tennant</a> (brother-in-law)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cultural depictions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Seventh" title="Edward the Seventh">Edward the Seventh</a></i> (TV, 1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_and_Times_of_David_Lloyd_George" title="The Life and Times of David Lloyd George">The Life and Times of David Lloyd George</a></i> (TV, 1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Number_10_(TV_series)" title="Number 10 (TV series)">Number 10</a></i> (TV, 1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Prince" title="The Lost Prince">The Lost Prince</a></i> (TV, 2003)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rector_of_the_University_of_Glasgow" title="Rector of the University of Glasgow">Rector of the University of Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rector_of_the_University_of_Aberdeen" title="Rector of the University of Aberdeen">Rector of the University of Aberdeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Prime_Minister%27s_Resignation_Honours" title="1916 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours">1916 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Paisley_by-election" title="1920 Paisley by-election">1920 Paisley by-election</a></li> 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