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...Countess of Oxford and Asquitii (Margot Asquith) suffered from shock?an automobile in which she was riding crashed...
...years later he married "Margot," his second and present wife. This was a happy match, for Mrs. Asquith not only adored the ground upon which Herbert walked, but was possessed with a superabundance of energy motivated by her ambitions for her husband. Mr. Asquith's fortunes daily grew brighter...
...Margot Asquith contributed an article* to a London magazine, took some potshots at British political heroes past and present: Of Lloyd George, ex-Premier. "Lloyd George loves a crowd more than himself. He has more ideas and treats them with fickle and impartial humor." Of Lord Curzon, ex-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. "His natural self made many friends in his youth, but for some unknown reason he grafted onto that brilliant and hospitable self a certain ceremonious nonconducting personality which estranges intimacy and his sense of humor-which is of the highest quality-never has been focused...
...forthcoming book, entitled Without Prejudice, Margot was reported to have shown that unswerving fidelity to her husband, and through him to the Liberal Party, that is commonly expected of a good wife and a better politician. Among other things, the volume contains the following dialogue: Margot (ingratiatingly): "You are a greater man than Lloyd George or Winston Churchill." Benito Mussolini (swelling and smiling): "And who then is greater than I?" Margot (batting not an eyelid): "My husband...
...Margot, famed wife of ex-Premier Herbert Asquith, turned her pen to journalism. In the New York American, she explained "Why My Husband Made MacDonald Prime Minister." According to Margot, it was because a Conservative-Liberal fusion was impossible, positively dishonorable, so her husband decided to throw the weight of the Liberal Party behind the Laborites. Speaking for the Liberals, she concluded: "With courage and patience we hope to avoid what a Centre Party would certainly create-the folly and danger of seeing all the rich pitted against the poor...