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Asquith refers to:

Persons of the Asquith family
Asquith family

The Asquith family were originally a middle class family from West Yorkshire, and members of the Congregational church. The first prominent member of the family was H.H....
, descended from or related to H.H. Asquith, a British prime minister, later a peer:






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Asquith refers to:

Persons of the Asquith family
Asquith family

The Asquith family were originally a middle class family from West Yorkshire, and members of the Congregational church. The first prominent member of the family was H.H....
, descended from or related to H.H. Asquith, a British prime minister, later a peer:
  • Herbert Henry Asquith (1852–1928), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  • Margot Asquith
    Margot Asquith

    Margot Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith, born Emma Alice Margaret Tennant was an Anglo-Scottish socialite, author and wit. She married Herbert Henry Asquith, who would become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ....
     (1864–1945), the second wife of the Prime Minister
  • Raymond Asquith
    Raymond Asquith

    Raymond Asquith was an England barrister and eldest son and heir of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom H. H. Asquith by his first wife Helen Kelsall Melland ....
     (1878–1916), eldest son of the Prime Minister, died in World War I
  • Herbert Asquith
    Herbert Asquith (poet)

    Herbert Asquith was the second son of Herbert Henry Asquith, British Prime Minister — with whom he is frequently confused — and younger brother of Raymond Asquith....
     (1881–1947), the Prime Minister's second son, a poet
  • Cynthia Asquith
    Cynthia Asquith

    Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith was an English writer, now known for her ghost stories and diaries. She also wrote novels and edited a number of anthologies, as well as writing for children and on the British Royal family....
     (1887–1960), the poet's wife, an author
  • Anthony Asquith
    Anthony Asquith

    Anthony Asquith was a respected England film director.Born in London, he was the son of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War I, and Margot Asquith....
     (1902–1968), youngest son of the Prime Minister, noted film director
  • Violet Bonham Carter, elder daughter of H.H. Asquith by his first wife
  • Elizabeth Bibesco
    Elizabeth Bibesco

    Elizabeth Princess Bibesco was an English writer, active between 1921 - 1940. A final posthumous collection of her stories, poems and aphorisms was published under the title Haven in 1951, with a preface by Elizabeth Bowen....
     née Asquith, daughter of H.H. Asquith and Margot Asquith
  • Earl of Oxford
    Earl of Oxford

    Earl of Oxford was one of the older titles in the English peerage, and was held for several centuries by the de Vere family from 1141. It finally became dormant in 1703 with the death of the 20th Earl....
    , also known as the Earl of Oxford and Asquith, a peerage title given to the Prime Minister
  • Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith
    Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith

    Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith Order of St. Michael and St. George is the grandson of Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 until 1916....
  • Raymond Asquith, Viscount Asquith
    Raymond Asquith, Viscount Asquith

    Raymond Benedict Bartholomew Michael Asquith, Viscount Asquith Order of the British Empire is a former England diplomat and the heir to the Earldom of Oxford and Asquith created for his paternal great-grandfather H.H....
    , elder son of the 2nd Earl, former British diplomat
  • Dominic Asquith
    Dominic Asquith

    Dominic Anthony Gerard Asquith, Order of St Michael and St George has been a British diplomat since 1983. In December 2007 he became British Ambassador to Egypt ....
    , former British Ambassador to Iraq, younger son of the 2nd Earl.
  • Mark Julian Asquith, only son of Viscount Asquith


Place names:
  • Asquith
    Asquith, New South Wales

    Asquith is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Asquith is located 26 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local Government Areas in Australia of Hornsby Shire and is part of the North Shore region....
    , suburb of Sydney, Australia
  • Asquith, Saskatchewan
    Asquith, Saskatchewan

    Asquith is a town in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 40 km west of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan....


Automobiles:
  • Asquith (1901 automobile)
    Asquith (1901 automobile)

    The Asquith was a short-lived English automobile manufactured by a Halifax, West Yorkshire machine tool works from 1901 to 1902. The car originally had a front-mounted De Dion-Bouton engine and belt-drive; this last was later replaced by a two-speed gearbox because the belts kept slipping disastrously....
  • Asquith (1981 automobile)
    Asquith (1981 automobile)

    The Asquith is an English automobile built since 1981 and originally based in Braintree Essex.The company was founded by Mr Bruce west who designed the logo created the name and designed all the early vehicles.His concept was to creat modern vehicles with the potential of mass advertising through the appeal of historic vehicles.In 1984 Mr Wes...