Word: asquith
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Asquith, proposing O'Connor's health, said that when he joined the House in 1886 " Tay Pay" was already " a firmly rooted institution...
...Baldwin is a younger and presumably a stronger man than his predecessor--fortunately so, for there are rough waters ahead. The tide has been running strongly against the Conservatives in the bye-elections; the Labor Party is united and ably directed; Mr. Asquith and Mr. Lloyd-George add debating power and the voting strength of the Liberal Party to the opposition. And now apparently the selection of Mr. Baldwin has closed the door on reconciliation with "the lost leaders...
...John Simon, Asquith Liberal: "It is the initial misfortune of the Treaty of Versailles that it never fixed the amount of reparations...
About Himself.. " Early in October (1911) Mr. Asquith invited me to stay with him in Scotland he asked me quite abruptly whether I would like to go to the Admiralty. All my mind was full of war. I accepted with alacrity? I said, 'Indeed I would...
...Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey complied with the request made by the Earl of Balfour, Lloyd George, Asquith, Bonar Law-three past and one present Prime Minister-and Lord Grey-former Foreign Secretary-to erect a memorial to the war-time American Ambassador to the Court of St. James...