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Image shows Lady Violet Bonham-Carter at Morley Town Hall as she admires the bronze memorial bust of her father, the Earl of Oxford, the right Honourable Herbert Hentry asquith and Prime Minister from 1908 - 1916. He was born in Morley on 12th September 1852 and died at Sutton Courtney on 15th february 1928. The bust had been presented to the citizens of Morley by Sir William Middlebrook, former Mayor of Morley on 29th October 1928. He was a Liberal M.P. for South Leeds and a firm supporter of the politics of Mr. Asquith. The bust occupies a marble niche in the vestible of the Town Hall opposite the foot of the staircase. It was the work of sculptor, Henry Charles Fehr. Both Sir William Middlebrook and Lord Oxford had been presented with the honour of the 'Freeman of the Borough of Morley'.
Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Lord Oxford Prime Minister Mayor Town Hall Herbert Henry Asquith | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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