Herbert Henry Asquith Years in office: 1908-1916 Born: 12 September 1852 Nickname: “The Sledgehammer” Title: The Earl of Oxford and Asquith Age assumed office: 55 years 198 days Total time in office: 8 years 244 days H. H. Asquith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC, KC (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928) served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._AsquithHerbert Asquith : Biography The new Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, gave Asquith the important post of Chancellor of ... cabinet ministers were conspiring against the prime minister, Herbert Asquith. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRasquith.htmHerbert Henry Asquith Herbert Henry Asquith was born in Yorkshire in 1852. Asquith was educated at the City of London School and Balliol College, Oxford. After university Asquith worked as a barrister ... www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWasquith.htm