Herbert Asquith - British Prime Minister 1908-1916

Dwelling:		12 John Street
Census Place:		Hampstead, London, Middlesex, England
Name	Age	Relationship to Head	Birthplace	Birth Year
Herbert Henry ASQUITH	28	Head - Barrister (In Practice) B A	Morley, York, England	1853
Helen Kelsall ASQUITH	26	Wife	Rochdale, Lancashire, England	1855
Raymond ASQUITH	2	Son	Hampstead, Middlesex, England	1879
Gilbert ASQUITH	1m	Son	Hampstead, Middlesex, England	1881
Harriett PULLEN	69	Visitor (Monthly Nurse)	Kislingbury, Northampton,	1812
Theresa WILKINS	23	Servant Nurse (Dom)	St Pancras, Middlesex, England	1858
Emily Agnes RAND	23	Servant Cook (Dom)	Therfield, Hertford, England	1858
Elizabeth CHUTER	21	Servant Housemaid (Dom)	Addlestone, Surrey, England	1860

Herbert Asquith was born in Morley, Yorkshire in 1852. Educated at the City of London and Balliol College, Oxford, he became a lawyer in 1876.  In the 1886 General Election Asquith was elected as the Liberal MP for East Fife. He was a member of the opposition for his first six years in the House of Commons but after the 1892 General Election, William Gladstone formed a new Liberal administration. Gladstone had been impressed by Asquith and appointed him as Home Secretary. Asquith held the post until the Marquees of Salisbury and the Conservatives took power in 1895.

The Liberals were out of power until the 1906 General Election. The new Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, gave Asquith the important post of Chancellor of the Exchequer. Asquith's strong opposition to women's suffrage made him extremely unpopular with the NUWSS. Suffragists were particularly angry that the man who was responsible for deciding how much tax they paid, should deny them political representation. Several times in 1906 members of the WSPU made attempts to disrupt meetings where he was speaking. Asquith returned to the House of Commons after the 1923 General Election when he was elected to represent Paisley. Herbert Asquith, who was granted the title, the Earl of Oxford in 1925, died in 1928.