The Liberal government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in 1905 and ended in 1915 consisted of four ministries: the first led by Henry Campbell-Bannerman and the final thr
Campbell-Bannerman
Asquith (1908)
Henry Campbell-Bannerman led the government from 1905 to 1908 and was succeeded by H. H. Asquith.
Asquith led the government from 1908. He formed a coalition in 1915 during the First World War.
H. H. Asquith
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, was a British statesman, Liberal politician and barrister who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 until his resignation in 1916. H
Liberal government, 1905–1915
…that began in 1905 and ended in 1915 consisted of four ministries: the first led by Henry Campbell-Bannerman (from 1905 to 1908) and the final three by H. H. Asquith (from 1908 onwards). With the fall of Arthur Balfour's Conservative government in the United Kingdom in December 1905, the Liberals under Sir Henry…
Asquith c. 1910s
Asquith (left) with his sister Emily and elder brother William, c. 1857
Asquith in 1876
Asquith, caricatured by Spy, in Vanity Fair, 1891