Margot Tennant

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Margot Tennant, later Margot Asquith, was a prominent British socialite, author, and wit who became the influential second wife of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person
author
human
memoirist
politician's spouse
socialite
alsoKnownAs Countess of Oxford and Asquith
Margot Asquith
birthName Emma Alice Margaret Tennant
burialPlace All Saints’ Churchyard, Sutton Courtenay
causeOfDeath heart failure
countryOfBirth Scotland
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1864-02-02
dateOfDeath 1945-07-28
describedAs prominent British socialite, author, and wit
educatedAt home education
era Edwardian era
late Victorian era
father Charles Tennant
genre essay
memoir
hasChild Anthony Asquith
Elizabeth Asquith
languageOfWorkOrName English
marriageDate 1894-05-10
memberOf The Souls
mother Emma Winsloe
name Margot Tennant
nobleTitle Countess
notableFor political salon hostess
witty conversation
notableWork Autobiography of Margot Asquith
Lay Sermons
More Memories
placeOfBirth Peeblesshire
Innerleithen
surface form: "The Glen, Innerleithen"
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: "London"
positionHeld Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
religion Anglicanism
residence 10 Downing Street
London, England
surface form: "London"

Innerleithen
surface form: "The Glen, Innerleithen"
sexOrGender female
sibling Katharine Tennant NERFINISHED
Laura Tennant NERFINISHED
spouse Herbert Henry Asquith
surface form: "H. H. Asquith"
stepmotherOf Herbert Henry Asquith
surface form: "Herbert Asquith"

Raymond Asquith
Violet Bonham Carter
title Countess of Oxford and Asquith

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Margot Tennant name Margot Tennant
Herbert Henry Asquith spouse Margot Tennant