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Letters of Herbert Henry Asquith, later 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, to Sylvia Laura Henley

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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]

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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

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom