which political party did he represent?
Liberal Party
Asquith as prime minister
leader of the Liberal Party.
at the beginning of world war i great britain Great Britain was a leading Allied Power during the First World War who was the prime minister of u.k. then? H. H. Asquith
Liberal Liberal Party Liberal Party.
H. H. Asquith History of the United Kingdom during the First World War History of the United Kingdom during the First World War
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British statesman and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. On 4 August, King George V declared war on the advice of his prime minister, H. H. Asquith, leader of the Liberal Party On 4 August, King George V declared war on the advice of his prime minister, H. H. Asquith, leader of the Liberal Party. 
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On 4 August, King George V declared war on the advice of his prime minister, H. H. Asquith, leader of the Liberal Party. Britain's basic reasons for declaring war focused on a deep commitment to France and avoidance of splitting the Liberal Party. Top Liberals threatened to resign if the cabinet refused to support France—which would mean loss of control of the government to a coalition or to the Unionist (i.e. Conservative) opposition. However, the large antiwar element among Liberals would support the war to honour the 1839 treaty regarding guarantees of Belgian neutrality, so that rather than France was the public reason given.