Earl of Oxford and Asquith

Coat of arms of the Earls of Oxford and Asquith

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith

Earl of Oxford and Asquith is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

The Earls' family home is The Manor House near Frome , Somerset .

Award

The title was bestowed on former Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith on February 9, 1925 , along with the subordinate title Viscount Asquith , of Morley in the West Riding of the County of York .

Today's title holder has been his great-grandson Raymond Asquith as 3rd Earl since 2011 .

List of Earls of Oxford and Asquith (1925)

• Herbert Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852–1928)
• Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1916-2011)
• Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (* 1952)

The heir ( Heir apparent ) is the only son of the current Earls, Mark Asquith, Viscount Asquith (* 1979).

See also

• Earl of Oxford
• Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

Individual evidence

1. ^ The London Gazette : 33019, 983 , February 10, 1925.

literature

• Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .

Web links

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• Oxford and Asquith, Earl of (UK, 1925) at Cracroft's Peerage