Margot Asquith

The Right Honourable
The Countess of Oxford and Asquith
Born
Emma Alice Margaret Tennant

(1864-02-02)2 February 1864
The Glen, Peeblesshire, Scotland[1]
Died28 July 1945(1945-07-28) (aged 81)
London, England
Resting placeAll Saints' Church, Sutton Courtenay
Known forSpouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (1908–1916)
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(m. 1894; died 1928)​
Children5, including Elizabeth and Anthony
ParentSir Charles Tennant, Bt (father)
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Emma Alice 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. Known for her wit, in late Victorian society she was a member of the famed aristocratic group of intellectuals called "The Souls". An opponent of women's suffrage, whose autobiography was lampooned, Lady Oxford and Asquith was a controversial yet colourful character in her time.[2]

  1. ^ "Births". The Times. 4 February 1864. p. 1.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Lady Oxford and Asquith – A Gifted and Brilliant Woman". The Times. 30 July 1945. p. 11.