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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 9 (February 25, 1927)

Lord Oxford And Asquith

Lord Oxford And Asquith.

Herbert H. Asquith was born at Croft House, Morley, in Yorkshire on 12th September, 1852. He was educated at home and at the City of London School, and later at Balliol College, Oxford. He had a distinguished University career and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1876. He entered Parliament in 1886 as member for East Fife and very soon his able speeches brought him into prominence. He became Home Secretary in 1892, a position he filled with great distinction. In 1905 he became Chancellor of the Exchequer and put through the Old Age Pensions Act. On the death of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in 1907 Mr. Asquith became Prime Minister which position he occupied for the next nine years—some of the most momentous years through which the Empire has passed. When he relinquished the office of Prime Minister in 1916 in favour of Mr. Lloyd George, he delivered a speech in the Commons which was described by Mr. Redmond, the Irish leader, as a masterpiece of “magnanimity, reticence, and patriotism.” Mr. Asquith (now Lord Oxford and Asquith) is recognised as one of the greatest parliamentarians of our time. His conduct of the country's affairs in her days of crisis, his patriotism and impassioned eloquence in her cause, have secured him an enduring place in the gallery of great British Statesmen. He is seventy-four years of age.

Lord Oxford.

Lord Oxford.