Word info

Asquith

Proper noun

Meaning

A surname from Old Norse.

A suburb in Hornsby Shire, north of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A town in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

After Asquith had refused to agree to Lloyd George's demand that he should be allowed to chair a small committee to manage the war, he resigned in December 1916. Source: Internet

Biographer Roy Jenkins says: :Academically his results put him among prime ministers in the category of Peel, Gladstone, Asquith, and no one else. Source: Internet

Asquith complied, but the press criticised the action of the King in appointing a prime minister on foreign soil instead of returning to Britain. Source: Internet

As the executions continued, Redmond pleaded with Prime Minister H. H. Asquith to stop them, warning that "if more executions take place in Ireland, the position will become impossible for any constitutional party". Source: Internet

Although Pankhurst was allowed to enter Parliament, Prime Minister Asquith refused to meet her. Source: Internet

As a result, Asquith was forced to introduce a new third Home Rule bill in 1912. Source: Internet

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