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Asquith (left) with his sister Emily and elder brother William, c. 1857. Asquith was born in Morley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the younger son of Joseph Dixon Asquith (1825–1860) and his wife Emily, née Willans (1828–1888). The couple also had three daughters, of whom only one survived infancy.
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852–1928) Raymond Herbert Asquith (1878–1916) Edward Julian George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1916–2011) Raymond Benedict Bartholomew Michael Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (born 1952) (1) Mark Julian Asquith, Viscount Asquith (b. 1979)
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In 1925, Asquith was raised to the peerage as Earl of Oxford and Asquith. His great-grandson Raymond is the present Earl. All of H. H. Asquith's seven children achieved some prominence in national affairs. By his first wife Helen Kelsall Melland (d. 1891), he had four sons and one daughter. All of the sons volunteered for the Front early in the ...
Lord Asquith may refer to: H. H. Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852–1928) Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone (1890–1954) Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1916–2011) Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (born 1952)
He was the grandson of H.H. Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, British Prime Minister from 1908 until 1916. Lord Oxford's two older sisters both predeceased him; the younger of these was Lady Perdita Rose Mary Asquith, later Lady Hylton (1910–1996), [ 1 ] who was married to William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton and became the grandmother ...
In 1978, Asquith married the author and scholar Clare Pollen. The Earl and Countess of Oxford and Asquith have a son and four daughters. [10] [11] Mark Julian Asquith, Viscount Asquith (born 13 May 1979) Lady Magdalen Katharine Asquith (born 30 December 1981) Lady Frances Sophia Asquith (born 1984) Lady Celia Rose Asquith (born 1989)
Emma Alice Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith (née Tennant; 2 February 1864 – 28 July 1945), known as Margot Asquith, was a British socialite and author.. She was married to British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith from 1894 to his death in 1