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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), generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He was the last Liberal Party prime minister 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H. H. Asquith has received more than 2,587,698 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). H. H. Asquith is the 4,100th most popular politician (down from 3,787th in 2019), the 909th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 869th in 2019) and the 160th 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 4,100 out of 15,577Before him are Istämi, Lucius Munatius Plancus, George Akropolites, Şehzade Ahmet, István Tisza, and Kaykhusraw II. After him are Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Philip of Sweden, Maria Teresa of Savoy, Sviatoslav II of Kiev, and François Louis, Prince of Conti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, H. H. Asquith ranks 24Before him are Ferdinand von Lindemann, Calamity Jane, Julius Richard Petri, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Tewfik Pasha, and Constantin Fehrenbach. After him are Paul Bourget, Christian Krohg, Terauchi Masatake, Edmund Leighton, Daniel Burley Woolfall, and Hans Vaihinger. Among people deceased in 1928, H. H. Asquith ranks 28Before him are Giovanni Giolitti, Li Yuanhong, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Álvaro Obregón, Armando Diaz, and Alexander Bogdanov. After him are Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Lala Lajpat Rai, Mauritz Stiller, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Jan Toorop, and Pavel Axelrod.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, H. H. Asquith ranks 909 out of 7,765Before him are Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1849), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Joan Collins (1933), Natasha Richardson (1963), Brian Josephson (1940), and Samuel Crompton (1753). After him are Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), William Henry Perkin (1838), Dave Gahan (1962), Antony Hewish (1924), David I of Scotland (1084), and John McLaughlin (1942).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, H. H. Asquith ranks 160Before him are Duncan I of Scotland (1001), Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Gladwyn Jebb (1900), Robert Clive (1725), Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594), and Henry Tingle Wilde (1872). After him are David I of Scotland (1084), John Hawkwood (1320), Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941), Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), Princess Hélène of Orléans (1871), and Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451).