Raymond asquith biography
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Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith
British diplomat, intelligence officer, businessman and peer
Raymond Benedict Bartholomew Michael Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and AsquithOBE (born 24 August 1952) is a British former diplomat and hereditary peer, styledViscount Asquith until he succeeded to his father's peerage titles on 16 January 2011. The earldom of Oxford and Asquith was created for his paternal great-grandfather, H. H. Asquith, a former prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Early life
[edit]Lord Oxford (as he is now known) is the elder son of Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, and code breaker Anne Asquith. He was named after his paternal grandfather Raymond Asquith, a scholar and Army officer who was killed in action during the First World War.
He was educated at Farleigh School and Ampleforth College, and obtained a BA and subsequent MA degree at Balliol College, Oxford.
Career
[edit]Raymond Asquith joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1980 as a career diplomat, serving until 1997. As well as postings in London at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and to the Cabinet Office, he served as First Secretary at the British Embassy in Moscow from 1983 to 1985, and Counsellor at HM Embassy in Kyiv from 1992 to 1997. He was First Secre
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Raymond Asquith
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- Publisher: History Press
- Year: 2018
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 312pp
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- Dimensions: 235x156mm
- ISBN: 9780750985741
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Primary Sources
(1) Margot Asquith, letter to hand Raymond Asquith (14th Feb, 1894)
(2) Colin Clifford, The Asquiths (2002)