Letters of Herbert Henry Asquith, later 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, to Sylvia Laura Henley
Letters of Herbert Henry Asquith, later 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, to Sylvia Laura Henley, May 1915-Jan 1919. There are no letters for September 1915 and few for October 1915.
Also included are single letters to Asquith from John Edward Redmond (fols. 95-96), John Arbuthnot Fisher, Baron Fisher of Kilverstone (fols. 139-140), and Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (fols. 365-368), and single letters to Sylvia Henley from Margaret Evelyn Stanley, her sister-in-law (fols. 310-315), and Emma Alice Margaret (Margot) Asquith (fols. 576-578). There is also a photograph of Raymond Asquith's grave (fol. 771).
Dates
- Creation: 1915-1919
Extent
0.25 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Library [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. lett. c. 542/1, fols. 1-2]
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. lett. c. 542/1-5
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 22809
Abstract
Letters of Herbert Henry Asquith, later 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, to Sylvia Laura Henley.
Biographical / Historical
Herbert Henry Asquith, Ist Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852-1928) was a British politician and leader of the Liberal Party. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. For further details see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited, and later given by Mrs. Henley's daughter, Mrs. Juliet Daniel and Mr. G.A. Pitt-Rivers, 1980 (given 1982).
- Title
- Letters of Herbert Henry Asquith, later 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, to Sylvia Laura Henley
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2023 by Marion Lowman
- Date
- EAD version 2023
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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