Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith KCMG (born April 22, 1916) is the grandson of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, British Prime Minister from 1908 until 1916. The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC ( 12 September 1852 &ndash 15 February 1928) served The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom He was the only son of Raymond Asquith, a brilliant barrister, by his wife the former Katherine Horner. Raymond Asquith ( November 6, 1878 – September 15, 1916) was an English Barrister and eldest son and heir of British Lord Asquith's two older sisters have both predeceased him; the younger of these was Lady Perdita Rose Mary Asquith, later Lady Hylton (1910-1996)^[1], who was married to William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton. William George Hervey Jolliffe 4th Baron Hylton ( 2 December 1898 &ndash 14 November 1967) was a British peer and soldier

Asquith inherited the Earldom on the death of his grandfather, as his father (the eldest son) had died during the First World War. Earl was the Anglo-Saxon form and jarl the Scandinavian form of a title meaning " Chieftain " and referring especially to chieftains World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All He was raised Roman Catholic (his mother, the former Katharine Horner, had converted to Roman Catholicism in 1923) and was educated at the premier Roman Catholic school in Great Britain, the Benedictine Abbey at Ampleforth. Religious conversion is the adoption of a new religious identity or a change from one religious identity to another See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands Benedictine refers to the Spirituality and Consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in An abbey (from Latin abbatia derived from Syriac abba "father" is a Christian Monastery or Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire, England, is the largest private Catholic mixed boarding school in the United Kingdom, and it is occasionally referred He then became a scholar at Balliol College, Oxford, where he received an M.A. In 1941 Asquith served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers and Assistant DC Palestine (1942-48). Balliol College (ˈbeɪlɪəl founded in 1263 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Lieutenant (abbreviated Lt or Lieut) is a Military, Naval, Paramilitary, Fire service, Emergency medical services The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers ( RE) and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps

He was Deputy Chairman Secretary of the British Administration Tripolitania from 1949 to 1950, Director of Interior Tripolitania in 1951 and Advisor to the Prime Minister of Libya in 1952. Tripolitaniajpg|thumb|250px|Tripolitania]] Tripolitania or Tripolitana ( Arabic: طرابلس, Transliterated: Tarābulus) is a historic Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab In 1955 he was Administrative Secretary of Zanzibar and from 1958-62 was the Administrator of Saint Lucia. Zanzibar ( is part of the East African republic of Tanzania. It consists of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Saint Lucia (ˌseɪnt ˈluːʃɪə is an Island nation in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. He became a Companion of Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1961. The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George Oxford was the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Seychelles from 1962 to 1967 and the Commander of the British Indian Ocean Territory from 1965 to 1967. Seychelles (seɪˈʃɛl or /seɪˈʃɛlz/ in English and seʃɛl in French) officially the Republic of Seychelles (République des Seychelles Creole In 1964 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George He also held the posts of Constitutional Commander of the Cayman Islands in 1971, and Turks and Caicos Islands from 1973-74. The Cayman Islands are a British overseas territory located in the western Caribbean Sea, comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac The Turks and Caicos Islands ( TCI) (ˈtɜːks ænd ˈkeɪkəs are a British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the West Indies

Family

He married Anne Mary Celestine Palairet (14 November 1916 Paris - August 19, 1998^[2] at Frome, Somerset), daughter of Sir (Charles) Michael Palairet KCMG (1882-1956)^[3] by his wife Mary de Vere Studd,^[4] on August 28, 1947 at the Brompton Oratory. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, is an oratory Oratory_(worship, popularly but incorrectly known as the Brompton Oratory, is a Anne Oxford was also a Roman Catholic via her parents' conversions. The Countess of Oxford and Asquith died in 1998, leaving five children: two sons, both diplomats, and three daughters (the middle married to another diplomat). Lord Oxford's Heir Apparent is his elder son, Raymond Asquith, Viscount Asquith (b. An heir apparent is an Heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation cannot be displaced from inheriting the term is used in contrast to Heir presumptive Raymond Benedict Bartholomew Michael Asquith Viscount Asquith OBE (born 24 August 1952) is a former English Diplomat and the heir 1952), a former British diplomat. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. His younger son the Honourable Dominic Asquith is British Ambassador to Egypt as of 2007, and a former British Ambassador to Iraq. Dominic Anthony Gerard Asquith, CMG, (b 7 February 1957 has been a British diplomat since 1983

Lord Asquith inherited the Mells estate from his mother Katherine Asquith, younger daughter of Sir John Horner of Mells and his wife Frances Graham. He now reportedly lives at the Manor House, Mells. [1]. He was recorded as alive in the 2008 edition of Debrett's Peerage; in May 2008, aged 92, he attended the Somerset wedding of his grandson Hon. Mark Asquith. ^[5]

References

Sources

• Who's Who 2007 "Oxford and Asquith, The Earl of" and "Asquith, Dominic"
• "Obituary: The Countess of Oxford and Asquith", Daily Telegraph, 1998. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia.
• John Joliffe. "Obituary: The Countess of Oxford and Asquith" The Independent, 7 September 1998, available online. The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media.
• Burke's Peerage & Landed Gentry: Oxford and Asquith, full article only by subscription.

Government offices
Preceded by Sir John Thorp as Commissioner of Saint Lucia	Administrator of Saint Lucia 1958–1962	Succeeded by Gerald Jackson Bryan
Preceded by Sir John Thorp	Governor of the Seychelles 1962–1967	Succeeded by Sir Hugh Norman-Walker
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Herbert Henry Asquith	Earl of Oxford and Asquith 1928—	Incumbent Designated heir: Raymond Asquith

This is a list of viceroys in Saint Lucia from the first French settlement in 1650, until the island gained independence from the United Kingdom in This is a list of viceroys in Saint Lucia from the first French settlement in 1650, until the island gained independence from the United Kingdom in This is a list of Governors of the Seychelles from the country's creation as a Crown colony (and its separation from Mauritius) in 1903 until its independence Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker, KCMG, OBE (Chinese 羅樂民 1916 - 1985 was an officer in the British Colonial Office. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most Peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801 when Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC ( 12 September 1852 &ndash 15 February 1928) served Earl of Oxford and Asquith is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Raymond Benedict Bartholomew Michael Asquith Viscount Asquith OBE (born 24 August 1952) is a former English Diplomat and the heir

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