H. H. Asquith

The Rt Hon H. H. Asquith
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office April 5, 1908 – December 5, 1916
Preceded by	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Succeeded by	David Lloyd George
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 10 December 1905 – 12 April 1908
Preceded by	Austen Chamberlain
Succeeded by	David Lloyd George
Personal details
Born	12 September 1852(1852-09-12) Morley, Yorkshire, England
Died	15 February 1928 (aged 75) Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England
Political party	Liberal

Henry Herbert Asquith (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928) was a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

There have been few major National figures, whose Christian names were less well known to the public than H. H. Asquith[ ex Jenkins] His ministry was significant for the Old Age Pension (1908), National Insurance Act (1911) and the Parliamentary Act (1911), which restricted the power of the House of Lords. Replaced by David Lloyd George in 1916, a breach between the two men helped bring about a decline of the Liberal Party after WWI. He was raised to the peerage in 1925 and conferred the title Earl of Oxford & Asquith, and was known as Lord Oxford. The accompanying photograph is from a Valentine postcard photograph by Reg Haines, ca 1910.

Asquith was against the right of women to vote for a long time. However, he still thought that the entire House of Commons should decide if they could vote or not.^[source?]