Herbert Henry Asquith was an English politician. He was born in 1852 at Morley, Yorkshire and died in 1928. Educated at the City of London School and Balliol College Oxford he was called to the Bar in 1876 and became a QC in 1890. From 1886 until 1918 he was Liberal member of parliament for East Fife, being Home Secretary from 1892 until 1895 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1905 until 1908. From 1908 until 1916 he was prime minister, resigning in 1916 over a lack of progress in the Great War. He lost his seat in 1918 only to return to parliament in 1920 as member of Paisley as an Independent Liberal, rejoining the Liberal party and becoming leader from 1923 until 1926. In 1925 he was created the first earl of Oxford and Asquith. He is perhaps most notable for introducing the old-age pension in Britain. Research Herbert Asquith
Hugh M'Calmont, first Earl Cairns, was an Irish jurist. He was born in 1819 and died in 1885. He graduated with distinction at Dublin University, came to London to study law, was called to the bar in 1844, and was made QC in 1856. In 1858, LordDerby being premier, he was appointed solicitor-general, and received a knighthood, having been member of parliament for Belfast since 1852. He now took a prominent position in parliament, was made attorney-general by LordDerby in 1866, and also lord justice of appeal, and the following year was raised to the upper house as Baron Cairns. In 1868 he became lordchancellor under Benjamin Disraeli, retiring with the fall of the government the same year. He strongly opposed the disestablishment of the Irish Church, and the Irish land legislation that immediately followed. In 1874 he again became lordchancellor under Benjamin Disraeli, and held this position during the six years that the administration lasted, being created Viscount Garmoyle and Earl Cairns in 1878. After 1880 he took less part in public affairs. Research Hugh M'Calmont
Sir John Rigby was an English judge. He was born in 1834 and died in 1903. He graduated as second wrangler at Cambridge and became a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in 1860, QC in 1881 and member of parliament for North Cambridgeshire from 1885 to 1886, and for Forfar from 1892 to 1894. In 1892 he was appointed solicitor-general and in 1894 attorney-general, and also in the same year lord justice of appeal, a post he resigned in 1901. Research John Rigby
Richard Everard Webster (ViscountAlverstone) was an English lawyer and politician. He was born in 1842 and died in 1915. Educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge in 1868 he became a barrister and in 1878 a QC. In 1885 he entered the House of Commons as Conservative member for Launceston and was appointed attorney-general. He later represented the Isle of Wight and in 1900 was made Master of the Rolls and transferred to Lord Chief Justice in the same year, a position he held until 1913. Research Richard Webster
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