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
by Reginald Haines, published by Batchelder Brothers
bromide postcard print, circa 1907
NPG x197708
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by George Charles Beresford
photogravure, 1908
NPG x12638
'Visit of Members of the Russian Duma to England, 1909'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 22 June 1909
NPG x135577
'Visit of Members of the Russian Duma to England, 1909'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 22 June 1909
NPG x135578
'Luncheon Party to the President and Members of the Russian Duma at the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 22 June 1909
NPG x135581
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Olive Edis
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x12786
by W. & D. Downey
bromide print, 1911
NPG x134960
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 19 February 1914
NPG Ax7857
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 19 February 1914
NPG Ax7821
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1917
NPG x186955
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140551
Clive Bell; Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140556
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Alix Strachey; Lytton Strachey
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140633
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140551a
possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141295
possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141357
possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141358
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1923
NPG x6559
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith and his grandchildren
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, circa 1925
NPG x184089
Group including Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
NPG Ax142204
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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