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H. H. Asquith

1852 - 1928

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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), was a British statesman and Liberal politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He was the last prime minister from the Liberal Party to command a majority government, and the most recent Liberal to have served as Leader of the Opposition. He played a major role in the design and passage of major liberal legislation and a reduction of the power of the House of Lords. In August 1914 Asquith took the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Empire into the First World War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. H. H. Asquith is the 4,006th most popular politician (down from 3,442nd in 2019), the 951st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 738th in 2019) and the 186th most popular British Politician.

He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He is most famous for leading the UK through World War I.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, H. H. Asquith ranks 4,006 out of 19,576. Before him are Ambiorix, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Nicolae Timofti, Lazar Branković, and Álvaro Obregón. After him are Mehmet Shehu, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Emperor Qinzong, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Hipólito Yrigoyen, and Constantine Doukas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, H. H. Asquith ranks 23. Before him are William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Ferdinand von Lindemann, Alice Liddell, Constantin Fehrenbach, Christian Krohg, and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. After him are Hipólito Yrigoyen, Tewfik Pasha, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Paul Bourget, Pietro Gasparri, and Julius Richard Petri. Among people deceased in 1928, H. H. Asquith ranks 22. Before him are Luigi Cadorna, Stjepan Radić, Italo Svevo, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Zhang Zuolin, and Álvaro Obregón. After him are Reinhard Scheer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Li Yuanhong, Giovanni Giolitti, Loie Fuller, and Armando Diaz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, H. H. Asquith ranks 951 out of 8,785. Before him are William Penn (1645), Naomi Watts (1968), Damon Hill (1960), G. I. Taylor (1886), Ken Hensley (1945), and Stirling Moss (1929). After him are William Bateson (1861), Stephen Gray (1666), Peter Cushing (1913), Kevin Keegan (1951), Richard Arkwright (1732), and William Holman Hunt (1827).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, H. H. Asquith ranks 186. Before him are Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876), Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517), Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902), William Wilberforce (1759), Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853), and William Penn (1645). After him are Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156), Robert Peel (1788), Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (1373), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), William Bradford (1590), and Julia Gillard (1961).

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