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Asquith published her autobiography in 1920. Her writing style was not always critically accepted—the most famous review of Asquith's work came from New York wit Dorothy Parker, who wrote, "The affair between Margot Asquith and Margot Asquith will live as one of the prettiest love stories in all literature". [9]
Margot Asquith at about the time of her marriage. The general election of July 1892 returned Gladstone and the Liberals to office, with intermittent support from the Irish Nationalist MPs. Asquith, who was then only 39 and had never served as a junior minister, accepted the post of Home Secretary, a senior Cabinet position. The Conservatives ...
Elizabeth, Princess Bibesco (born Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith; 26 February 1897 – 7 April 1945) was an English socialite, actress and writer between 1921 and 1940. She was the daughter of H. H. Asquith , the British Prime Minister, and the writer Margot Asquith , and the wife of Antoine Bibesco , a Romanian prince and diplomat.
In January 1915 Venetia commenced three months nurse training as a paying probationer at The London Hospital, Whitechapel under matron Eva Luckes. [1] [2] After her training Venetia signed up as a VAD nurse with the British Red Cross Society and served both overseas at No 4 Red Cross Hospital, in Wimereux, France in 1915, and at home in Charing Cross and Rutland Hospitals in 1916.
The Wharf, Walton House and Mill House are three houses in Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England.They are part of a complex of buildings bought and expanded by Margot Asquith, wife of the then Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, from 1911 and which formed their country home until his death in 1928.
The list also includes one book that won two categories: Romance queen Emily Henry's "Funny Story" was readers' pick for both "Best Romance" and "Best Audiobook," which was a newly introduced ...
Phillipps. A convinced Liberal, Phillipps first tried to enter Parliament at Blackpool in 1906 and then at Maidstone in both the January and December 1910 general elections. [7] In 1918 he was the Liberal candidate at Rochdale but as a supporter of H H Asquith he was not a recipient of the Lloyd George Coalition Government coupon which went instead to his Conservative opponent Alfred Law, who ...
Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, DBE (15 April 1887 – 19 February 1969), known until her marriage as Violet Asquith, was a British politician and diarist. She was the daughter of H. H. Asquith , Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916, and she was known as Lady Violet, a courtesy title , after her father's elevation to the ...