Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
(1852-1928), Prime Minister20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 73 portraits
Liberal Prime Minister from 1908 to May 1915 and leader of a wartime coalition until outmanoeuvred by Lloyd George in December 1916 and forced to resign, the feud terminally weakening the Liberal Party. An opponent of the enfranchisement of women, Asquith was until 1918 the target of militant suffragettes .
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Mark Gertler and two others
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
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Group including Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1927
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1927
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1st Earl and Countess of Oxford and Asquith with Anthony Asquith
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1928
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by Walter Stoneman
negative, July 1941
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith ('Statesmen. No. 582. "East Fife."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 1 August 1891
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1892
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1892
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith ('Statesmen. No. 799. "brains"')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 14 July 1904
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by F. de Haenen
pen and ink and gouache, published 1906
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published by Mrs S. Burgess
tinted lithograph, 1908
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by 'XIT'
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 17 March 1910
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All in Due Course (Winston Churchill; Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1911
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The Preambulator (Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1911
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Quid Pro Quo (John Edward Redmond; Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1911
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The Wrong Solution (Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1912
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The Heart of Midlothian (Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Bonar Law)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1912
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Too Many Pips (David Lloyd George; Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1913
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by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1923
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by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1923
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1926
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
after Sir David Low
print, 1926
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The Westminster Follies: Second Edition. New Turns! New Dresses!
by Bernard Partridge
ink and watercolour on artists' board, 1926
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1902
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1917
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1917
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1917
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1917
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Leopold Goetze, after (George) Fiddes Watt
mezzotint, based on a work painted in 1912
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Norman Hirst, after Sir John Lavery
mezzotint, 1918
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Related People
- Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone (son)
- (Helen) Violet Bonham Carter (née Asquith), Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury (daughter)
- Lady Helen Frances Asquith (granddaughter)
- Anthony Asquith (son)
- Arthur Melland Asquith (son)
- Paul Asquith (grandson)
- Raymond Asquith (son)
- Elizabeth (née Asquith), Princess Bibesco (daughter)
- Mark Raymond Bonham-Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter (grandson)
- Ralouka ('Rachel') Bibesco-Bassaraba (née Musurus), Princess de Brancovan (granddaughter)
- Christine Clark (née Asquith) (granddaughter)
- Laura Miranda (née Bonham Carter), Lady Grimond (granddaughter)
- Perdita Rose Mary Jolliffe (née Asquith), Lady Hylton (granddaughter)
- Margaret Emma Alice ('Margot') Asquith (née Tennant), Countess of Oxford and Asquith (wife)
- Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (grandson)
- (Helen) Cressida Ridley (née Bonham Carter) (granddaughter)
- (April) Mary Rous (née Asquith), Countess of Stradbroke (granddaughter)
- Jean Constance Toynbee (née Asquith) (granddaughter)
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