Asquith

American

[as-kwith] / ˈæs kwɪθ /

noun

Herbert Henry 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, 1852–1928, British statesman: prime minister 1908–16.

Asquith British

/ ˈæskwɪθ /

noun

Herbert Henry, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith. 1852–1928, British statesman; prime minister (1908–16); leader of the Liberal Party (1908–26)

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Instead, war broke out across Europe, and Asquith made his mordant headache joke on the way to the historical dumpster.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2024

Asquith in favor of David Lloyd George, and in World War II when it got rid of Neville Chamberlain in favor of Winston Churchill.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024

Born in 1913 when the Liberal Party's Herbert Henry Asquith was UK Prime Minister, Mr Farringdon has seen 23 different PMs during his long life.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023

In 1908, Herbert H. Asquith crossed by a night boat to France after he was summoned by King Edward VII to the seaside city of Biarritz, where the monarch was on a trip.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022

“I says to Colonel Asquith, ‘My apologies, sir.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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