Asquith (100 page)

Mundella, A. J., 57/1 Munitions: Ministry, 368, 369, 384; profits, 238/1; supply, 349, 355-9, 408, 416; tanks 412

Murray of Elibank, Lord (Alexander Murray, Master of Elibank), 125, 207, 210, 219/7, 235n, 236, 261, 319,

467; and Marconi case, 250-1, 254 Murray, Sir George, 160, 166, 19777 Murray, Gilbert, 17, 267, 475, 478, 507

Napier, Mark, 33

Nash, Vaughan, 181, 185-6, 202-3, 221,
235

Nathan, Sir Matthew, 396, 397 National Liberal Club, 46-7, 461, 488 National Liberal Federation, 44, 56, 106-7, 123,513,516

National Reform Union, 123, 129 Naval estimates, 70-2, 167-8, 182-3, 186, 188, 193-6, 279, 298-300, 325 Nettleship, R. L., 22 Nicholas II, Czar of Russia, 327, 405 Nicholson, Arthur P., 303-4 Nicolson, Sir Harold, 21877, 221-2, 282, 296, 302

Northcliffe, Lord (Alfred Harmsworth): Rosebery and, 99; and Irish crisis, 31977; his attack on Asquith, 348, 
355
*
356
, 364*
415
, 418, 42777, 432, 442, 444-5, 448

Norwich, 1st Viscount (Duff Cooper), 507

O’Beime, Hugh J., 391 O’Brien, William, 207, 209 
Observer
,
The,
356 O’Donnell, F. H., 48 O’Shea, Katherine P., 51 Ott, Dr., 108, 144, 15377 Oxford, title of Earls of, 507-8 Oxford and Asquith, 1st Earl and Countess of,
see
Asquith

Oxford University, 20-5, 26, 27; Royal Commission on, 483; Chancellorship of, 510-12

Paget, Gen. Sir Arthur, 307-10, 313, 3^ Paget, Lady (Mary), 266, 268 Paisley, 484-9, 495, 498-9, 504-5, 517 Palgrave, Sir Robert H. I., 33 Pankhurst, Christabel, 245 Paris:    conference, November 1916,

419-20; peace conference, 476-7,
483

Parliament: House of Commons: payment of members, 44, 56, 236; House of Lords: opposition in, to Liberal measures, 67, 68, 70, 82-3, 84, 86, 88, 164, 169-73, 177, 188, 193, 196, 199-203, 205-11; and the constitutional crisis, 213-32, 249, 256,27877; and Ireland, 318; speaking in, 509

Parnell, Charles Stewart, 34, 39, 45, 48-51, 65-6, 92, 274, 280 Parsons, John, Bishop of Peterborough, 21

Parsons, Viola, 271, 332, 512 Pattison, Mark, 20 Paul, Herbert W., 24 Peace, after 1914-18 war: peace moves during war, 391, 415-16; Lansdowne memorandum, 417-19,46777; German note, 475; conference, 476-7, 483; idea of League of Nations, 467, 478, 481, 486, 491; terms, 486

Pearse, Patrick, 102, 280, 395, 397 Pease, J. A. (Lord Gainford), 183, 20777, 304-5, 325, 32977, 341,
345
,
357
, 
370
,
396

Pembroke, Beatrix, Countess of, 268, 270

Pembroke, Earl of (Sidney Herbert), 7677 Pensions: Old Age Pensions Bill, 1908, 166-7, 188, 196; war, 34477 Perks, Sir Robert W., 121 Phillipps, Vivian, 47677, 485, 516, 519

Piggott, Richard, 48 Plymouth, Alberta, Countess of (Lady Windsor), 76/1

Ponsonby, Sir Frederick (Lord Ponson-by), 180, 268 Ponsonby, Lady, 268 Portsmouth, 5 th Earl of, 25 Portsmouth, 6th Earl of, 25, 183 Portugal, Amelia, Queen of, 212 Primrose, Neil, 223-4, 442;
and see 
Rosebery

Pringle, W. M. R., 501, 516 Pulteney, Lt. Gen. Sir William, 309

Raleigh, Sir Thomas, 24 Reading, 1st Marq. of (Sir Rufus Isaacs), 90, 269, 445; and Marconi case, 250-4; as Lord Chief Justice, 254, 425; and fall of Asquith, 408, 431, 432, 433-4, 442; his later meetings with Asquith, 467, 475, 478 Redmond, John:    mentioned as Irish

leader, 214, 227//, 246, 343, 363, 388; and Parnell, 5 m, 65; his following, 204//; Liberal agreement with, on Budget, 207, 209, 27
6n, 
280; negotiations with, 1913-14, 293-4, 301, 302, 305, 316-17, 319, 320-1, 323, 546; refuses to join coalition, 367,    368; and Irish

rebellion, 395, 397, 399, 401, 402 Reform Club, 109, 184 “Relugas compact”,
see
Liberal Party Repington, Colonel, 358 
Reynolds’
newspaper, 435 Rhodes, Cecil, 102

Ribblesdale, Lady (Charlotte Tennant),
54
,
75

Ribot, Alexandre, 462/1 Ridley, Sir Matthew, 1st Viscount Ridley, 87

Ripon, Marq. of (G. F. S. Robinson)’ 87, 117, 150, 158, 182, 190, 191-2,

243

Ritchie, Charles T., 1st Viscount Ritchie of Dundee, 134, 136, 138, 160 Roberts, Field-Marshal Earl, 118, 310 Roberts, G. H., 390 Robertson, Sir Johnston Forbes-, 19 Robertson, Miss Madge (Mrs. Kendal), 19, 20, 28

Robertson, Sir William, 382-4, 387, 401, 405, 407, 408, 410, 416, 417, 419, 480-1

Robinson, Sir Hercules, 104 Rollit, Sir Albert, 69 Rome conference, March 1916, 391 Rosebery, 5th Earl of (A. P. Primrose), 57, 58, 59, 65, 156, 167, 199, 223, 257, 270, 362/1, 517; and Margot, 76, 78-9, 93«; his following in the Liberal party, 46, 72, 82-3, 89, 109, 117, 143/1; as Foreign Secretary, 60, 61; as leader of the party, 71-3, 74; resigns, 96-8, 100-1, 104-6, 108, no; Asquith’s letter to, m-12; as Prime Minister, 82-4, 86; resigns, 87, 88-9; and Boer war, 103, 104, 113, 115-16, 117, 122, 124-33; and education bill, 1902, 135; refuses to return to active politics, 141, 143-4, 146-7; his Bodmin speech, 149-50, 152/1

Roskill, John, 47, 49, 50, 89

Ross, Robert, 379-80

Rothermere, 1st Viscount (Harold S.

Harmsworth), 319 Rothschild, James A. de, 462 Rothschild, Nathan M., Lord Rothschild, 198-9

Roumania, Marie, Queen of, 512 Runciman, Walter, 1st Viscount Runciman, 238, 303, 341, 345, 397, 417,

478; and naval estimates, 195, 198, 299; and women’s suffrage, 248; and entry into war, 325; opposes conscription, 371, 373, 388-90, 394; and fall of Asquith, 446, 447, 449, 458, 471; and Liberal policy after the war, 478, 491-2, 513, 516-17 Russell, Sir Charles, Lord Russell of Killowen, 36/1, 38, 48-9, 50, 55, 90, 91, 92, 102

Rutland, Violet, Duchess of (Lady Granby), 7
6n 
Ryan, A. P., 309, 315

St. Aldwyn, 1st Earl (Sir Michael Hicks-Beach), 57, 133, 136, 229 Salisbury, 3rd Marq. of (R. A. T. Gascoyne-Cecil), 39; as Prime Minister, 
4
i,
58
,
59
,
72
,
79
,
87,
89, 101, 134, 185

Salisbury, 4th Marq. of (J. E. H. Gascoyne-Cecil): Asquith’s visit to, 154, 1 56m; consulted by the King, 229 Salisbury, Elizabeth, Marchioness of, 507

Samuel, Herbert L., 1st Viscount Samuel,
205, 248, 333«, 341, 458, 472, 478
; and Marconi case,
250-2, 253;
and Ireland,
293;
and naval estimates,
299;
and the war,
325M, 328, 345, 363, 370;
as Home Secretary,
403, 409 
Sargent, J. S.,
224M 
Saunders, William,
64 
Scott, C. P.,
492-3

Scott, Lady (Kathleen),
257, 390, 392,
393
, 398,
399
, 402, 405-6, 407, 409 
Scott, James, 481 Scott, Dr. Robert,
20 
Seely, J. E. B., 1st Lord Mottistone,
261, 306-9, 310M, 311-14,
315
, 464

Selborne, 2nd Earl of (W. W. Palmer),
229,
376
,
399

Selborne, Countess of, 269 Shaw of Dunfermline, Lord (Thomas Shaw), 507

Shaw, George Bernard,
344M, 379
Shawcross, Sir Hartley, (Lord Shaw-cross),
91

Shaw-Lefevre, George J., Lord Evers-ley, 70

Sheffield, Lord (Edward L. Stanley, Lord Stanley of Alderley), 258-9, 260, 262, 263, 309

Sheffield, Mary Katharine, Lady,
309
Simon, Sir John A., 1st Viscount Simon: at the Bar,
91, 205, 314, 317, 345;
and outbreak of war, 
325M, 327-9;
opposed to conscription,
369, 371, 373, 388-9, 392, 397, 403
m;
contests Spen Valley,
484, 486;
Asquith’s relationship with, 
259M, 267, 270, 299-300, 305, 341; 
and Asquith’s resignation,
497,

514, 516-17

Sinclair, Sir Archibald, Viscount Thurso, 261

Sinclair, John, Lord Pentland, 159 Skeffington, Sheehy, 389 and
n 
Smartt, Sir Thomas W., 168 Smith, Arthur L., 480 Smith, F. E.,
see
Birkenhead Smith, W. H., 42 Social Democratic Federation, 65 Somerset, Lady Kitty, 264 “Souls”, the, 76 and n, 79 South Africa:    Jameson raid, 101-3

Boer war, 104, 113-33, I92m; Chinese Labour, 161-3; Independence of the Transvaal, 164, 169 Soveral, Marquis de, 483-4 
Spectator
, 32-3, 168

Spencer John, 5th Earl Spencer, 46, 61, 67, 72, 83, 89, 93«, 96, 105, 106, 109, in, 117; considered as possible premier, 1903, 143-4, 145, 147. 148

Spender, J. A., 130, 131, 142, 319, 422/1 Spen Valley election, 484, 486 Spring-Rice, Sir Cecil Arthur, 404 Sprott, E., 479

Stamfordham, Lord (Sir Arthur Bigge), 218-19, 226, 283, 285, 286, 309, 360, 
37
6n,
408-9,
456

Stanley,
see
Mrs. Edwin Montagu, Lord Derby, Lord Sheffield Stanley, Arthur P., Dean of Westminster, 19

Stanton, Charles, 470 and
ti Star,
65

Steel-Maitland, Sir Arthur, 491-2 Strachey, Giles Lytton, 507 Strachey, J. St. Loe, 32 Strikes: Featherstone, 1893, 68-9; 1911, 233-9; 1926, 514 Stuart Wortley, J. A., 91/1 Sutherland, Millicent, Duchess of, 76/1 Symonds, John Addington, 77

Taff Vale case, 170

Talbot, Edward S., Bishop of Winchester, 305

Tariff reform: Chamberlain’s campaign and its effect on parties, 134, 136-44, 150, 151; in 1906, 168, 174; in 1915, 369,
498

Tennant, Sir Charles (Margot’s father),
74
,
77
,
79
, 161

Tennant, Charlotte (sister), Lady Ri-blesdale, 54, 75

Tennam, Dinah (niece) Lady Colquhoun, 267

Tennant, Edward (brother), Lord Glenconner, 57

Tennant, Emma (mother, nee Winsloe),
77

Tennant, Frank (brother), 175, 267 Tennant, H.J. “Jack” (brother), 262, 351, 
359
,
405
,
458

Tennant, Kathleen (niece) Duchess of Rutland, 267, 48311

Tennant, Laura (niece), Lady Lovat. 262

Tennant, Lillian (niece), 257 Tennant, Lucy (sister), Mrs. Graham-Smith, 259

Tennant, Margot,
see
Asquith Tennant, Nan (cousin), 413-14 Tennyson, Alfred, 1st Lord Tennyson, 
77

Terry, Marian, 488 Thomas, J. H., 374 Tichborne case, 27

Times, The,
35, 65, 67, 114/1, 128, 131, 137, 158, 159, 179, 180/1, 216, 304, 310/1, 319/1, 511, 516, 546; and Parnell case, 45, 48-9, 50, 92; attacks on Asquith in, 356, 358-9, 362, 415,
427
,
444-7 
Torby, Countess, 268 Townsend, Meredith White, 32 and
n,
33 Tree, Lady (Maud), 348, 414, 488;
see also
Parsons

Trevelyan, (Sir) Charles, 183 and
n
Trevelyan, G. M., 447 Trevelyan, Sir G. O., 39, 91
n,
183/1 Troup, Sir Edward, 190, 191, 246 Tweedmouth, Lord (Edward Marjoribanks), 87, 108,
155, 159,
167-8,182 Tyrrell, Sir W., 327

United States of America: and Ireland, 396, 400, 403, 404; and the war, 415-16,425; and peace conference, 
475
,
477

Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, 391 Victoria, Queen of England, 83, 87,190-and 1892 administration, 59-60, 61,

72;
critical
of
Asquith,
64, 65, 66-7;

death of, 123 Viviani, Rene, 233 Vizetelly, Henry, 47

Walton, Sir John Lawson, 170 War, 1914-18: coming of, 148, 239-45; outbreak of, 264, 322-31; War Council, 344-5, 349, 352, 353; replaced by Dardanelles committee, 370, 375; reformed, 375-7, 382-6, 387, 417; re-creation of General Staff, 383-4; demand for a small War Committee, 420-43, 446, 449-50, 453, 454-5, 456, 458; War Cabinet established, 459; Easterners v. Westerners, 349-51, 380-2, 387, 416; Dardanelles campaign, 351-6, 
372
,
375
,
378
, 381, 384-6; inquiry, 410-11; shell scandal, 355-60; campaigns in France, 349, 355, 357, 
372
-
3
, 387, 400-1, 410, 412-13, 416-17, 468; for end of,
see
Peace Warren, Sir Thomas Herbert, 24 Watts-Ditchfield, J. E., Bishop of Chelmsford, 480