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Margot Asquith

Margot Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith (2 February 1864 – 28 July 1945), born Emma Alice Margaret Tennant, was an Anglo-Scottish socialite, author and wit. She was married to Herbert Henry Asquith, a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1894 until his death in 1928. She was the mother of Elizabeth Bibesco.


“[Jean Harlow] 'Say - aren't you Margot Asquith?' (pronouncing the hard 't')[Margot Asquith] 'Yes Dear, But the 't' is silent, as in Harlow.”
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