 {{infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = the right honourable |name = the earl of oxford and asquith |honorific-suffix = kg kc pc |image = herbert henry asquith.jpg |office = prime minister of the united kingdom |monarch = edward viigeorge v |term_start = 5 april 1908 |term_end = 5 december 1916 |predecessor = henry campbell-bannerman |successor = david lloyd george |office1 = leader of the opposition |monarch1 = george v |primeminister1 = david lloyd georgebonar law |term_start1 = 12 february 1920 |term_end1 = 21 november 1922 |predecessor1 = donald maclean |successor1 = ramsay macdonald |monarch2 = george v |primeminister2 = david lloyd george |term_start2 = 6 december 1916 |term_end2 = 14 december 1918 |predecessor2 = edward carson |successor2 = donald maclean |office3 = secretary of state for war |term_start3 = 30 march 1914 |term_end3 = 5 august 1914 |predecessor3 = j. e. b. seely |successor3 = the earl kitchener |office4 = leader of the liberal party |term_start4 = 30 april 1908 |term_end4 = 14 october 1926 |predecessor4 = henry campbell-bannerman |successor4 = david lloyd george |office5 = leader of the house of commons |term_start5 = 5 april 1908 |term_end5 = 5 december 1916 |predecessor5 = henry campbell-bannerman |successor5 = bonar law |office6 = chancellor of the exchequer |primeminister6 = henry campbell-bannerman |term_start6 = 10 december 1905 |term_end6 = 12 april 1908 |predecessor6 = austen chamberlain |successor6 = david lloyd george |office7 = home secretary |primeminister7 = william ewart gladstone the earl of rosebery |term_start7 = 18 august 1892 |term_end7 = 25 june 1895 |predecessor7 = henry matthews |successor7 = matthew white ridley |constituency_mp8 = paisley |term_start8 = 12 february 1920 |term_end8 = 4 november 1924 |predecessor8 = john mills mccallum |successor8 = edward rosslyn mitchell |constituency_mp9 = east fife |term_start9 = 27 july 1886 |term_end9 = 14 december 1918 |predecessor9 = john boyd kinnear |successor9 = alexander sprot |birth_name=herbert henry asquith |birth_date =  |birth_place = morley, west riding of yorkshire, england, united kingdom |death_date =  
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