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Emma Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith (née Tennant; 2 February 1864 – 28 July 1945), known as Margot Asquith, was a British socialite and author. She was married to British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith from 1894 to his death in 1928.
May 30, 2013 · A portrait of Margot Asquith, recently acquired by Parliament, belies her reputation as a glamorous, but controversial society girl.
Jul 31, 2013 · The autobiography of Margot Asquith by Asquith, Margot, 1864-1945; Bonham Carter, Mark, 1922-1994
Born Elizabeth Asquith in 1897; died in 1943; daughter of Herbert Henry Asquith (1852–1928, later earl of Oxford and Asquith) and Margot (Tennant) Asquith; stepsister of Violet Bonham-Carter (1887–1969); married Prince Antoine Bibesco, in 1919.
Jun 30, 2014 · Margot Asquith was the opinionated and irrepressible wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister who led Britain into war on 4 August 1914.
Margot Asquith was the wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister who led Britain into war in August 1914. Asquith's early war leadership drew praise from all quarters, but in...
Oct 29, 2014 · Margot Asquith: the stylish 'unbeauty' who won the Prime Minister's heart. In this exclusive extract from her new biography of Margot Asquith, Anne de Courcy charts the socialite's engagement...
Margaret Emma Alice ('Margot') Asquith (née Tennant), Countess of Oxford and Asquith. Daughter of the industrialist and politician Sir Charles Tennant, a popular figure in society Margaret was acquainted with many of the leading politicians and thinkers of the day.
When Margot Asquith’s name crops up these days, it is usually in a retelling of the story about her meeting Jean Harlow, sexy star of the silver screen, who repeatedly called her Margotte.
Jun 12, 2024 · Attributed to Margot Asquith, as in Sir Philip Magnus, Kitchener: Portrait of an Imperialist (1938, ch. xiv): "Mrs. Asquith remarked indiscreetly that if Kitchener was not a great man, he was, at least, a great poster."
