Henry Asquith was born in Morley in 1852. His parents died whilst he was a child and he lived with his grandmother.\u00a0He was sent\u00a0to the school\u00a0at Wellhouse Moravian Church in Mirfield, and then in October 1861, aged 9, he was sent as a boarder to Fulneck School.\u00a0However he was very unhappy at Fulneck and was removed after eighteen months in April 1863. His education continued at the City of London School and Balliol College, he was called to the Bar and\u00a0became a QC in 1890.\u00a0He was elected to\u00a0 Parliament for the Liberal Party in 1886 and in 1892 he became Home Secretary,\u00a0in 1905 Chancellor of the Exchequer and in April 1908 Prime Minster.<\/p>\n
The Fulneck Boy\u2019s School Magazine was started in 1888 and over the years\u00a0several references were made in it to Asquith\u2019s progress and mention of\u00a0invitations to him to return to the school and speak at Fulneck which he declined. Fulneck\u00a0School sent him\u00a0congratulations after he became Chancellor of the Exchequer in both 1905 and in\u00a01908 after he became Prime Minister.\u00a0He was invited again to come to the school to speak which was again declined. Following this the School magazine went on to\u00a0note in an editorial \u201cWe do not intend to expend much ink on Mr Asquith, partly\u00a0because our readers probably know more about him than we do, and partly because we are a little tired of him.\u201d<\/p>\n
As Prime Minister, Asquith introduced old age pensions and the\u00a0Parliament Act of 1911 which limited the power of the House of Lords. He was Prime Minister during the time of the Suffragette Movement, the threat of\u00a0civil war over Home Rule in Ireland, and the build up to the First World War. In 1915 he lost the Premiership to\u00a0Lloyd George and in 1918 he lost his parliamentary seat.\u00a0However he returned to Parliament in 1920 and\u00a0regained leadership of the Liberal Party. He was created 1st Earl of Oxford\u00a0in 1925. He died\u00a0in 1928.<\/p>\n
Biographical\u00a0details from 7th Edition of Chambers Biographical Dictionary 2002<\/em>, Chambers\u00a0Harrap Publishers.<\/em> Material from\u00a0Fulneck School Archives researched by Robin Hutton.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Henry Asquith was born in Morley in 1852. His parents died whilst he was a child and he lived with his grandmother.\u00a0He was sent\u00a0to the school\u00a0at Wellhouse Moravian Church in Mirfield, and then in October 1861, aged 9, he was sent as a boarder to Fulneck School.\u00a0However he was very unhappy at Fulneck and was … Continue reading Herbert Asquith<\/span>