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Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone

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he might be made to do some work … I recognise that his promotion would be regarded by the Bench and Bar as a reward for singularly unmeritorious services. On the other hand, I still believe he has the best brain of any of the King's Bench judges … I should be thankful to get rid of him from the
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Asquith remained on the bench until his sudden death at his London home on 24 August 1954. His funeral was held at Bishopstone Church, Sussex on 28 August. A memorial service, attended by Churchill, was held at
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reportedly thought that Asquith "possessed the most distinguished mind of any judge on the Bench". In 1946, recommending Asquith's promotion to the Court of Appeal, Simon's successor Lord Jowitt wrote to
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Asquith was widely regarded as possessing one of the finest minds on the bench, although his rapid rise, after an unremarkable career at the bar, was the cause for some adverse comment. According to the
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Asquith's intellect was highly regarded by his contemporaries. However, assessments of his performance as a judge were more mixed, though it was said that "the higher he went the better he became".
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that Churchill had "set his heart on getting Cys Asquith as Lord Chancellor, chiefly because he wished his last administration to hold both an Asquith and a
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However, his judgments, which combined his knowledge of the law and his literary interests, were said by Stevens to possess a certain distinction.
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by his first wife, Cyril Asquith followed the steps of his father and eldest brother into a distinguished academic career at
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on 12 February 1918, Asquith married Anne Stephanie Pollock (27 April 1896 – 1964), daughter of
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three days later. His appointment caused some surprise at the bar and bench. In particular, the
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scholarships. In 1913, while still an undergraduate, he was elected a fellow of
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Sable on a Fess between three Crosses Crosslet Argent a Portcullis of the field
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in 1914, he was commissioned into the 1/16th (County of London) Battalion,
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he wrote that Churchill "mustn't be saddled with a lame duck on the
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Stevens, Robert. "Asquith, Cyril, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone".
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Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Ltd. v. Sheikh of Abu Dhabi
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King's Bench Division, as would many, many of the senior judges."
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on 28 March 1938 to fill the vacancy left by the appointment of
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Lord Jowitt (26 August 1954). "Lord Asquith Of Bishopstone".
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and as chairman of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee.
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in 1913. At Oxford he won the Hertford, Craven, Ireland, and
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Coat of arms of Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone
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contributions in Parliament by Lord Asquith of Bishopstone
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in the County of Sussex. In 1952 he was appointed to the
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Portraits of Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone
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Known to his friends as Cys, Asquith was educated at
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492:of the Inner Temple in 1939. He was elected to the 1854:Children of peers and peeresses created life peers 1789:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom 288:(5 February 1890 – 24 August 1954) was an English 1250:"Asquith of Bishopstone, Baron (UK, 1951 – 1954)" 1715: 1147: 704:Asquith was a conservative judge. Famously, in 512:to the House of Lords. He was assigned to the 1693:1925 University of Oxford Chancellor election 1306: 547:in 1939. In 1941, he presided over the trial 299:The youngest child of British prime minister 296:from 1951 until his death three years later. 905:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 1219: 784:Issuant out of Clouds proper a Mascle Gules 635:, a law lord whom Churchill had never met. 282:Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone 1313: 1299: 1107:. Cambridge University Press. p. 67. 650:(1927), a Latin translation of poems from 327:in 1951. The same year he was offered the 41: 1683:1916 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours 1157:. 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Index

The Right Honourable
PC

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
The Lord MacDermott
The Lord Somervell of Harrow
Lord Justice of Appeal
Sir John Morris
Justice of the High Court
Sir Samuel Porter
Sir Frederic Sellers
H. H. Asquith
Alma mater
Balliol College, Oxford
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barrister
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
H. H. Asquith
Balliol College, Oxford
British Army
First World War
High Court
Court of Appeal
House of Lords
Lord Chancellorship
Winston Churchill
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Hampstead
H. H. Asquith
Earl of Oxford and Asquith

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