Asquith, Herbert Henry
Born: Sep 12, 1852 AD
Died: 1928 AD, at 75 years of age.
Nationality: English
Categories: Politician
Died: 1928 AD, at 75 years of age.
Nationality: English
Categories: Politician
1852 - Born on the 12th of September in Morley, West Yorkshire, England.
1863 - He was sent to live with an uncle in London, where he entered the City of London School.
1870 - He won a classical scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford.
1874 - He was awarded the Craven scholarship and became president of the Oxford Union.
1876 - He was called to the bar.
1877 - He married Helen Kelsall Melland, daughter of a Manchester doctor.
1886 - Elected to Parliament, as the Liberal representative for East Fife, in Scotland.
1892-1895 - Served as Home Secretary.
1892 - He achieved his first significant post when he became Home Secretary under Gladstone (and later under Rosebery).
1905-1908 - His term as Prime Minister he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
1908-1916 - Served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1920 - He returned to the House of Commons.
1925 - He proposed to take the title "Earl of Oxford" for the city near which he lived and the university he had attended.
- He was made a Freeman of Huddersfield.
1928 - Died on the 15th of February in Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, aged 75.
1863 - He was sent to live with an uncle in London, where he entered the City of London School.
1870 - He won a classical scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford.
1874 - He was awarded the Craven scholarship and became president of the Oxford Union.
1876 - He was called to the bar.
1877 - He married Helen Kelsall Melland, daughter of a Manchester doctor.
1886 - Elected to Parliament, as the Liberal representative for East Fife, in Scotland.
1892-1895 - Served as Home Secretary.
1892 - He achieved his first significant post when he became Home Secretary under Gladstone (and later under Rosebery).
1905-1908 - His term as Prime Minister he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
1908-1916 - Served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1920 - He returned to the House of Commons.
1925 - He proposed to take the title "Earl of Oxford" for the city near which he lived and the university he had attended.
- He was made a Freeman of Huddersfield.
1928 - Died on the 15th of February in Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, aged 75.
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