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[Filuwaúrdjan]

Mr National Efficiency was never known as Herbert, but by his initials (H.H.) in public and as Henry in private; 'Herbert Asquith' is a mistaken contemporary informality. For what little that's worth. He was an utter bastard, of course, one of the worst people to hold that particular office in the 20th century.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

His biographer Stephen Koss entitled the first chapter of his biography "From Herbert to Henry", referring to upward social mobility and his abandonment of his Yorkshire Nonconformist roots with his second marriage. (this, presumably, is what makes him an utter bastard, my note.)

That's what sealed the deal anyway. A year earlier he ordered the murder of striking miners at Featherstone.