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'''Herbert Henry Asquith''', 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852-1928) was a [[British Liberal Party]] politician and [[Prime Minister]] (1908-1916); he led the Liberal party to a series of domestic reforms, including social insurance and the reduction of the power of the [[House of Lords]]. He led the nation into [[World War I]], but his faltering leadership in the midst of military crises let to his replacement in late 1916 by [[David Lloyd George]].

'''Herbert Henry Asquith''', 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852-1928) was a [[British Liberal Party]] politician and [[Prime Minister]] (1908-1916); he led the Liberal party to a series of domestic reforms, including social insurance and the reduction of the power of the [[House of Lords]]. He led the nation into [[World War I]], but his faltering leadership in the midst of military crises let to his replacement in late 1916 by [[David Lloyd George]].

He was the last Liberal prime minister to win an outright majority, and led Britain into [[World War I]].

He was the last Liberal prime minister to win an outright majority.  

 

He sponsored Lloyd George's "People's Budget" of 1909. It  was the most controversial in British history, for it systematically raised taxes on the rich, especially the landowners, to pay for the welfare programs (and for new battleships). He proposed [[old age pensions]] but the Conservative Party, in opposition, used its majority in the [[House of Lords]] to block it. This break with protocol - the Lords did not traditionally interfere with finance measures - led to a constitutional crisis that ultimately resulted in a severe reduction of the power of the Lords, through the Parliament Act of 1911.

Lloyd George's "People's Budget" of 1909 was the most controversial in British history, for it systematically raised taxes on the rich, especially the landowners, to pay for the welfare programs (and for new battleships). He proposed [[old age pensions]] but the Conservative Party, in opposition, used its majority in the [[House of Lords]] to block it. This break with protocol - the Lords did not traditionally interfere with finance measures - led to a constitutional crisis that ultimately resulted in a severe reduction of the power of the Lords, through the Parliament Act of 1911.

==Career==

==Career==

* Koss, Stephen. ''Asquith'' (1976), a standard biography

* Koss, Stephen. ''Asquith'' (1976), a standard biography

* Little, John Gordon. "H. H. Asquith and Britain's Manpower Problem, 1914-1915." ''History'' 1997 82(267): 397-409. Issn: 0018-2648; admits the problem was bad but exonerates Asquith Fulltext: in Ebsco   

* Little, John Gordon. "H. H. Asquith and Britain's Manpower Problem, 1914-1915." ''History'' 1997 82(267): 397-409. Issn: 0018-2648; admits the problem was bad but exonerates Asquith Fulltext: in Ebsco   

* Matthew, H. C. G. "Asquith, Herbert Henry, first earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852–1928)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,'' [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30483, online]  

* Matthew, H. C. G. "Asquith, Herbert Henry, first earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852–1928)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,'' [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30483, online] , excellent starting point

*  Powell, David. ''British Politics, 1910-1935: The Crisis of the Party System'' (2004)  

*  Powell, David. ''British Politics, 1910-1935: The Crisis of the Party System'' (2004)  

* Rowland, Peter. ''The Last Liberal Governments: The Promised Land, 1905-1910'' (1969) 404pp, highly detailed narrative

* Rowland, Peter. ''The Last Liberal Governments: The Promised Land, 1905-1910'' (1969) 404pp, highly detailed narrative

* Taylor, A. J. P. ''English History, 1914-1945''. 1965, standard political history of the era

* Taylor, A. J. P. ''English History, 1914-1945''. 1965, standard political history of the era

* Turner, John. ''British Politics and the Great War: Coalition and Conflict, 1915-1918'' (1992)

* Turner, John. ''British Politics and the Great War: Coalition and Conflict, 1915-1918'' (1992)

* Wilson, Trevor. ''The Downfall of the Liberal Party 1914-1935''. 1966.

* Wilson, Trevor. ''The Downfall of the Liberal Party 1914-1935''. (1966)

* Woodward, Sir Llewellyn. ''Great Britain and the War of 1914-1918.'' 1967.

* Woodward, Sir Llewellyn. ''Great Britain and the War of 1914-1918.'' (1967).

==See also==

==See also==

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[[Category:United Kingdom Prime Ministers|Asquith, Herbert]]

[[Category:United Kingdom Prime Ministers|Asquith, Herbert]]