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Raymond Asquith (6 November 1878 – 15 September 1916) was an English barrister and son of British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. A distinguished Oxford scholar, he was a member of a fashionable group of intellectuals known as The Coterie, notable for unconventional lifestyles and lavish hospitality. Like several of them, Asquith was killed in action in World War I. == Career and honours == Asquith was the eldest son and heir of British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. by his first wife Helen Kelsall Melland (died 1891). He was educated at Winchester, from where he won a scholarship to Balliol in 1896, taking with him a reputation for brilliance. He won the Ireland, Derby, and Craven scholarships, and graduated with first-class honours. Elected a fellow of All Souls in 1902, he was called to the bar in 1904.〔(Asquith and the Conspiracy to Sink Titanic: ET Research (2004) by Senan Molony – 9 July 2004 ). Encyclopedia-titanica.org. Retrieved on 2012-06-24.〕 The tall, handsome Asquith was a member of "the Coterie," a group of Edwardian socialites and intellectuals. Asquith was junior counsel in the North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration and the investigation of the sinking of the ''Titanic'', and was considered a putative Liberal candidate for Derby. However, his rise was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War. He was initially commissioned, on 17 December 1914, as a second lieutenant into the 16th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment. He was transferred to the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, on 14 August 1915 and assigned as a staff officer, but he requested to be returned to active duty with his battalion, a request granted before the Battle of the Somme. While leading the first half of 4 Company in an attack near Ginchy on 15 September 1916, at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, he was shot in the chest and died while being carried back to British lines. He was buried in Guillemont Road Cemetery, where his headstone is inscribed 'Small time but in that small most greatly lived this star of England',〔(CWGC ). CWGC (1916-09-15). Retrieved on 2012-06-24.〕 a concluding line from Shakespeare's "Henry V", about a warrior king who had died in his thirties after campaigns in France. Asquith's death exemplified the end of the Edwardian era in the First World War. The writer John Buchan devoted several pages of his autobiography ''Memory Hold-the-Door'' to his memories of Raymond Asquith and their friendship. A memorial tablet to Asquith was erected in Amiens Cathedral. The inscription, in French and Latin, states: Priez pour l'âme de RAYMOND ASQUITH Lieutenant aux Grenadiers de la Garde Royale. Fils ainé de Herbert Henry Asquith premier ministre du Royaume Uni. Né le 6 Nov. 1878. Tombé au champ d'honneur près de Guinchy le 15 Sept. 1916. O ORIENS SPLENDOR LUCIS AETERNAE VENI ET ILLUMINA SEDENTES IN TENEBRIS ET UMBRA MORTIS. Gloriae memor posuit conjux. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Raymond Asquith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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