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THE ANCESTRY OF Herbert Henry
Asquith
1 Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
b 12 Sep 1852, Morley, Yorkshire
d 15 Feb 1928, Sutton Courtenay,
Berkshire
Parents
2 Joseph Dixon Asquith of Croft House,
Morley, wool merchant
b 10 Feb 1825, Morley
d 16 Jun 1860, Mirfield, Yorkshire
m 18 Sep 1850, Ramsden Street Chapel,
Huddersfield
3 Emily Willans
b 4 May 1828, Huddersfield
d 12 Dec 1888, Hackney, Middlesex
Grandparents
4 Joseph Asquith of Morley, cloth
manufacturer
b
18 Jan 1778, Morley
d
27 Nov 1855, Morley
m
21 Apr 1824, Batley
5 Esther Dixon
b
15 May 1794, Morley
d
31 Jan 1856, Morley
6 William Willans, of Huddersfield, wool
merchant
b
27 Apr 1800, Leeds
d
4 Sep 1863, Harrogate
m
25 May 1825, Almondbury
7 Elizabeth Wrigley
b
17 Apr 1800, Almondbury
d
4 Apr 1884, Huddersfield
Great-grandparents
8 William Asquith of Morley, maltster
b ca 1754
d 11 May 1794, bur 15 May
1794, Morley Old Chapel
m 19 Jan 1777, St Peter, Leeds
9 Hannah Gomersall
b 11 Jan 1756, bap 8 Feb 1756,
Batley
d 15 Sep 1837, Morley
10 Joseph Dixon
of Morley, clothier
b 17 Sep 1770, Batley
d 21 Jun 1828, Brooklyn, New York
m 26 Oct 1791, Batley
11 Sarah Roberts
b
d
12 Benjamin
Willans of Leeds and of Huddersfield, merchant
b 15 Oct 1771, Leeds
d 26 Apr 1855, Huddersfield
m 22 Oct 1794, Kirkheaton
13 Sarah Haworth
bap 26 Nov 1772, Kirkheaton
d 21 Aug 1825, bur 24 Aug
1825, Huddersfield
14 John Wrigley
of Netherton, woollen manufacturer and merchant
bap 12 Jun 1774, Honley
d 10 Jul 1833, Scarborough, Yorkshire
m 19 Jul 1797, Almondbury
15 Hannah Batley
b ca 1771, Marsh, Huddersfield
d 25 Jan 1857, Netherton
Great-great-grandparents
16 John Asquith
b
d
m
17
b
d
18 John Gomersall
of Churwell, yeoman
b
10 Apr 1726, bap 6 May 1726, St Peter, Leeds
d
12 Jan 1779, bur 15 Jan 1779, Beeston
m
15 Nov 1750, Batley
19 Mary Fourness
bap
7 Feb 1724/25, Batley
d
29 Jan 1789, bur 1 Feb 1789, Beeston
20 Thomas Dixon
of Morley, clothier
b
d ca
1797
m
16 Mar 1766, Batley
21 Rebecca Turner
b
ca 1740
d
ca 9 Nov 1812
22
b
d
m
23
b
d
24 William
Willans of Hunslet
b
d
m
8 Dec 1761, St Peter, Leeds
25 Hannah Midgley
b
d
26 William
Haworth of Kirkheaton, butcher
bap
30 Nov 1744, Kirkheaton
bur
20 May 1773, Kirkheaton
m
19 Nov 1767, Mirfield
27 Betty
Stancliffe
bap
20 Apr 1749, Mirfield
bur
8 Aug 1821, Kirkheaton
28 James Wrigley
of Netherton, clothier
b
ca 1748
d
3 Jul 1809, bur 6 Jul 1809, Almondbury
m
2 Mar 1767, St Chad, Rochdale
29 Elizabeth
Kenworthy
b
ca 1747
d
10 May 1829, bur 13 May 1829, Almondbury
30 John Batley
of Marsh, Huddersfield, and of Crosland Edge, Almondbury,
cloth dresser
bap
27 Dec 1736, Huddersfield
d
11 Apr 1818, bur 16 Apr 1818, Huddersfield
m
22 Apr 1770, Huddersfield
31 Ann Woodhead
bap
10 Dec 1739, Meltham
d
6 Apr 1833, bur 10 Apr 1833, Huddersfield
Source
Edward J. Davies,
“The Ancestry of Herbert Henry Asquith”, Genealogists’
Magazine, 30(2010-12):471-79