Asquith (99 page)

Henderson, Arthur, 367, 373, 389-90,
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Heneage, Edward, 42/1 Henry, Sir Edward R., 190, 192 Henson, H. H., Bishop of Durham, 507 Herschell, Sir Farrer, Lord Herschell, 64, 67

Hobhouse, Charles E. H., 125, 299, 304,
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Hogg, Sir Douglas, 1st Viscount Hail-sham, 495

Hogge, James M., 498

Honours, 90 and //, 186, 223-4; list of

proposed Liberal peers, 1910, 228,
537-40

Horner, Lady (nee Frances Graham): Asquith’s friendship with, 54, 57, 157, 257; Asquith’s letters to, quoted, 22, 30, 52-3, 55, 57, 58, 61-2, 70; her daughter, Katharine, marries Raymond, 175, 271 Houghton, Lord (R. Monckton Milnes), 25,
475

Housman, A. E., 294//

Howard, Geoffrey, 493, 496, 515, 516 Hudson, Walter, 170-1 Hutton, Richard Holt, 32-3 Hyndman, H. M., 65

Ilbert, Sir Courtenay P., 201 Illingworth, Percy, 261, 267, 336 Imperial Conference, 1907, 168 Imperial Federation League, 46 Inge, Dean W. R., 507 Ireland: Liberal split on Home Rule, 1886, 32, 39-42,50, 51; Irish Crimes Bill, 1887, 43-4; Gladstone’s policy,
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; Parnell commission, 48-50; the O’Shea case, 51; Home Rule Bill, 1893, 65-7, 70, 84; Liberal policy after Gladstone, 82, 88, 97, hi, 130-2; in 1905, 149-50, 152, 172; crises, 1912-14, 256, 264, 266, 274-324; Home Rule Bill in war, 329,
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', Irish party in House of Commons, 204, 206, 209, 210, 214; in war, 371, 374, 389, 394, 467; Easter rebellion, 393, 404, 410; conscription, 416; 1921, 486, 489,
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Islington, Lord (Sir John P. Dickson-Poynder), 141

Islington, Anne, Lady, 266, 311-12, 313//,
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Italy, enters war, 359, 363, 391

Jackson, Sir Henry B., 361, 417 James, Sir Henry, Lord James of Hereford: as Attorney-General, 36, 38, 61, 90; opposes Home Rule, 39, 42
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and women’s suffrage, 57*1; and Liberal reunion, 141-2 Jameson, Sir Starr, 101-2, 168; for raid
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South Africa Jebb, Sir Richard C., 16, 17 Jellicoe, Sir John, 1st Earl Jellicoe, 406, 450

Jenkyns, Henry, 21 Jevons, W. S., 31

Joffre, Marshal, 243, 343, 372, 384^ Jowett, Benjamin, 20, 21-2, 23, 27, 28,

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Joynson-Hicks, Sir William, 1st Viscount Brentford, 471

Kellaway, Frederick G., 496 Kempton racecourse case, 91-2 Kenney, Annie, 245 Keppel, Alice, (Mrs. George), 267, 268, 269, 329
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Keppel, Sir Henry, 264 Ker, William Paton, 24 Kerry, Elsie, Lady, 269 Kessler, Count, 266 Keynes, J. M., Lord Keynes, 345 Kimberley, Earl of (John Wodehouse), 61, 71, as Foreign Secretary, 73, 83-4; as leader in House of Lords, 97, 100 ; and Boer war, 117, 125 Kinnear, Boyd, 40 Kipling, Rudyard, 254 Kitchener, H. H., 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Asquith on, 340, 341-3; Margot on, 343/1; Lloyd George

and, 338, 349; position of, as Secretary for War, 345, 347, 350-1, 368, 370-2, 375-8, 380-5, 389, 399, 410, 462, 481; and Dardanelles campaign, 352-4; and shell scandal, 355-95 death of, 405-6, 407, 408

Knollys, Francis, 1st Viscount Knollys, 145, 146, 179, 186, 187, 192, 199, 202-3, 211, 212, 218-22, 224/1, 226, 229-31, 235, 236

Kruger, President S. J. P., 101,114/1,115, 116

Labouchere, Henry, 57
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82,118,124,125 Labour
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Strikes): legislation, 170-1; party, 205, 207, 214, 236, 371 389-90, 394, 491; Trades Unions, 371, 374; members of coalition governments, 373, 389-90; government, 500-2, 503 Lambert, George, 469 Lansdowne, 5th Marq. of (H. C. K. Petty-FitzMaurice): as Conservative leader, 22, 169, 172, 193, 199, 200-1, 211, 214-15; and constitutional crisis, 224-6, 229, 230, 231; and Ireland, 275, 283, 286, 288, 289, 320, 343; and war policy, 372, 384-5, 392; and Irish rebellion, 400, 401-3; and fall of Asquith, 431, 434; his memorandum, and peace terms, 417-19,
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Larkin, James, 280 Lathbury, Daniel C., 3 3 Laurier, Sir Wilfrid, 168 Law, Andrew Bonar: becomes Privy Councillor, 223-4; and Ireland, 275, 276, 278, 282, 283, 286-97, 301-
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joins Asquith’s government, 358-61, 365, 367-70; Asquith’s opinion of, 367-70, 373-4, 380-1, 488; and Dardanelles campaign, 378, 380-3, 385, 410; and Irish rebellion, 399, 400-2; and Secretaryship for War, 406-9; and Nigerian debate, 416-17; and Lansdownc, 418; and fall of Asquith, 420-43, 447-60; and Maurice debate, 468-70, 472//; and 1918 election, 475, 477, 479; becomes Prime Minister, 495 Lawrence, D. H., 379 Lawson, Frank, 259 Lawson, Sir Wilfred, 118 Lee, Sir Sidney, 186 
Le Matin
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Liberal Imperialist Council, 121, 122, 132 Liberal League, 132-3, 159 Liberal Party:

1886, split in, on Home Rule, 32, 39-42; attempts at reunion, 44, 50, 51; Newcastle programme, 56-7 1894, leadership on Gladstone’s resignation, 70-3 ; Rosebery and Harcourt, 82-4, 86-7, 89, 92, 96, no; policy and the leadership crisis, 1896, 96-101; 1898, 103-13; and Boer war, 113-33

reunited by education bill, 135-6; and tariff reform, 137-8, 140-4 Liberal Imperialists in, 34, 45-7, 60-1, 70-3, 103-4, no, 112, 113-33 Unionist “free-fooders” join, 140-3; nonconformist support for, 169, 191

Campbell-Bannerman’s leadership of, 140H, 143,
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325-6; seeds of destruction, 350, 465; and conscription, 371, 388-9, 392-3; no Liberals in Lloyd George’s Cabinet, 459

vote of confidence in Asquith’s leadership, 461, 464-5, 467; effect of Maurice debate on, 472, 474, 475-9; Asquith proscribed by, 481; split in, 484-5, 489-91, 496 attempts at reunion, 497-500, 503 supports Labour government, 500-3 and 1924 election, 505-6 Asquith’s resignation of leadership,

514-17

funds, 250, 512-14

Liberal Unionists, 39,41-2, 89,103-4, m Licensing (liquor control), 83, 88, 137, 140; 1906 Bill, 172, 177, 188, 189; in war, 338, 356, 362 and
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Lincolnshire, Marq. of (C. R. W. Carington, Earl Carington), 144, 159 and
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516 Lindsay, A. D., 507 Lister, Hon. Reginald, 180, 271 Lloyd George, David, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor: his golf, 26, and hymn-singing, 258; and Boer war, 116, 118, 123, 162; at Board of Trade, 158; as Chancellor of Exchequer, 165, 168, 181-2, 189, 
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. 205«, 209, 210-11; and the King, 186; and constitutional conference, 214-17, 225; settles railway strike, 234-5, 237, 239; and Health insurance, 23 6; and women’s suffrage, 248-9; and Marconi case, 250-5, 282, 369-70, 470; and Ireland, 286, 293-5, 297, 302, 304-5, 319, 320-1, 323; and the coming of war, 239-41, 298-300, 325-6, 328; his attitude to war policy; on conscription, 371, 374, 392, 394; on

Dardanelles, 349, 350; on liquor control, 338, 356, 362
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on pensions, 345; on shell scandal, 356, 365, 367; on war direction, 375, 377«, 378, 380-2, 385-6, 396; his Irish mission, 399-402; becomes Secretary for War, 405-10; his “knock-out blow” interview and the Lansdowne memorandum, 415-16, 417, 418, 419-20; brings about fall of Asquith’s government, 420-61; and the Maurice debate, 465, 467-74, 495; and the coupon election, 475-8, 479, 480; Asquith’s relationship with, 199, 234, 271-2, 
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515-16; his fund, 503, 512-14, 516; fall of his government, 493, 495-7; and the general strike, 514-15; his memoirs, 471, 472 and
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494 Lloyd-George, Countess (Miss Frances Stevenson), 473-4, 514 Lloyd George, Lady Megan, 498-9 Lodge, Senator Henry Cabot, 404 Londonderry, Theresa, Lady, 77 Long, Walter, 1st Viscount Long of Wraxall, 292, 369, 376, 393, 466/1, 488; and Ireland, 397, 400-1; and fall of Asquith, 427, 438, 439, 447, 
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Lorebum, Earl of (Sir Robert T. Reid), 117, 118, 148, 224//, 546; as Lord Chancellor, 159, 242
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Lovat, Lady (Laura Lister), 262 Lowe, Robert, Viscount Sherbrooke, 18, 20, 509

Lowell, J. Russell, 47 Lowther, Mr. Speaker James W«, 1st Viscount Ullswater, 227/7, 249-50,

267, 282, 306, 318-19, 321, 411, 424

Lucas, Lord (Auberon T. Herbert), 267, 269, 341, 345, 370 Lucy, Sir Henry W., 125 Lushington, Sir Godfrey, 64 Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn, 47, 93
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Lyall, Mrs., 266 Lyne, Sir William J., 168 Lyttelton, Alfred, 53

Mac Arthur, Charles, 106/7 McCalmont, Major, 316 MacCarthy, Desmond, 257, 511, 512 McCarthy, Justin, 51/7, 66 MacDonald, C. J., 49, 50, 92 MacDonald, J. Ramsay, 122, 236, 261, 436,
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, 501, 502 MacEvoy, Ambrose, 465 MacKean, J. A. D., 486-7 McKenna, Pamela (Mrs. Reginald), 211, 264, 269, 328, 369

McKenna, Reginald, 305, 328; Asquith’s friendship with, 125, 179, 264, 269, 271,
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Maclay, J. P., Lord Maclay, 499 MacLean, Sir Donald, 483-4, 49
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Magnus, Sir Philip, 56/7, 63, 342, 378// Mallock, William Hurrell, 24 
Manchester Guardian,
118, 327

Manners, Lady Diana (Lady Diana Cooper), 266, 271, 507 Marconi case, 250-5, 282, 369-70, 470 Marlborough, 9th Duke of (Charles R.

J.
Spencer-Churchill),
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Marsh, Sir Edward, 260, 267, 271, 325 Marshall, Alfred, 31 Marshall-Hall, Sir Edward, 92 Mary, Queen of England, 268, 270, 
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Masefield, John, 267, 490 Massingham, H. W., 118, 356 Mastcrman, C. F. G., 183-4, 238/1, 253, 
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505

Masterton-Smith, J. E., 260, 269 Matthews, Henry, Viscount Llandaff, 64

Maurice, Sir Frederick, 419, 467-74;

debate, 477, 502, 503 Maxse, Adm. Frederick A., 93/1.1 Maxwell, Sir John Grenfell, 395, 397, 398, 404

Melland, Dr. Frederick, 28 Melland, Helen,
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Asquith Melland, Josephine (Mrs. Armitage), 55 Meredith, George, 34, 56 Methuen, Sir Algernon M. M., 379 Metropolitan Radical Federation, 65 Millerand, Alexandre, 233 Milner, Sir Alfred, Viscount Milner, 24, 25, 79, 82; in South Africa, 103, 104, 113-15, n6, 118, 122, 123, 130, 405; in War Cabinet, 459 Mitchell, Rosslyn, 504 Mond, Sir Alfred (1st Lord Melchett), 500/1, 513

Montagu, Edwin S.: Asquith’s friendship with, 179, 258, 262, 264, 267, 269-70, 271, 328, 332, 336, 340, 356; his marriage, 364-6; dropped from Cabinet, 370; Irish meetings held at his house, 293, 295, 317;

considered for Irish secretaryship, 397; as Minister of Munitions, 413, 416, 417; part played by, on fall of of Asquith, 431-2,
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, 440-2, 446-7, 448, 452, 453, 454, 456, 458, 459, 461, 478, 488, 496-7; death of, 509-10

Montagu, Mrs. Edwin (Venetia Stanley): Asquith’s friendship with, 257-9, 262, 264-5, 346-7; which breaks up on her marriage, 363-6, 378; death of her husband, 509-10; her later meetings with Asquith, 431-2, 442, 518; Asquith’s letters to her, quoted, 259-73, 282, 294/1, 298-9, 300-1, 305-6, 309-n, 313-14, 320-3, 327, 328, 329, 330, 332-3, 337, 340, 346, 349-50, 352, 353, 354 Moravian sect, 15
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Morley, Arnold, 70, 84 Morley, John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn, 41/1, 44, 54, 57, 100, no, 270, 271/1, 293, 304; and Margot, 
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d Gladstone, 42/1, 45-6, 51, 59, 60, 71; as Chief Secretary for Ireland, 60-1,66, 67; and Rosebery, 73, 88, 104-6, 108; and Boer war, 103, 116, 119, 122-4; his part in Liberal leadership, 150, 151, 155, 158, 178, 181, 183, 184, 234, 237-8, 311-12; and the coming of war, 194, 243, 244, 245, 325/1, 327-9 
Morning Post,
356, 425, 427 Morrell, Lady Ottoline, 264, 266, 379, 
493