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Signature. Emma 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.
May 30, 2013 · Margot Asquith was born in Peebleshire in Scotland in 1864, the daughter of wealthy industrialist and politician Charles Tennant. 'Social climber' After her introduction at court in 1881 she ...
Margot Asquith was the British socialite whose quick wit and caustic sense of humor burned through Victorian high society with the fury of a scandal through the tabloids. Even her marriage to the future British Prime Minister HH Asquith couldn’t muzzle her controversial mouth. No amount of wit, however, could save her from a tragic ending.
Margot Asquith: A Modern Woman. Born 150 years ago, Margaret Asquith (1864-1945) was a leading figure in social and political circles. In 1894 she married the future Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and became acquainted with many of the leading politicians and thinkers of the day. She was outspoken in her opinions and a strong supporter of the ...
Margot Asquith. Margot Asquith, lived from 2 February 1864 to 28 July 1945. Born Emma Alice Margaret Tennant, and also known as Countess of Oxford & Asquith, she was a writer, socialite and wit, and wife of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
Jul 26, 2020 · Margot also became step-mother to Asquith’s five children from his first marriage. One of them, Violet Bonham Carter – grandmother of the actress Helena Bonham Carter – later wrote: “She flashed into our lives like some dazzling bird of paradise, filling us with amazement, amusement, excitement, sometimes with a vague uneasiness as to what she might do next.”
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Margot Asquith spent the last years of her life in London's Savoy Hotel, saddened by war and the death of her daughter Elizabeth Bibesco in 1943. Asquith continued to attract new friends up to her death in 1945, at the age of 81. sources: Carter, Mark Bonham, ed. The Autobiography of Margot Asquith. Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1962.
