and Sir Michael Palairet (1882–1956) at the Brompton Oratory. Anne Oxford was also a Roman Catholic via her parents' conversions. Lord and Lady Oxford had five children: three daughters (the second of which is married to a diplomat) and two sons, both diplomats: Lady (Mary) Annunziata Asquith (born 28 July 1948), partner of Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield Lady Katharine Rose Celestine Asquith (born 1 October 1949), in 1970 married Adam Ridley, divorced 1976; married secondly 1985 Nathaniel Page, son of Sir John Page.<ref>Burke's Peerage, volume 2 (2003), p. 3,036</ref> Raymond Benedict Bartholomew Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (born 24 August 1952) Lady Clare Perpetua Frances Asquith (born 28 March 1955) Sir Dominic Antony Gerard Asquith, KCMG (born 7 February 1957), a former British Ambassador to Iraq, Egypt and Libya. Lord Oxford inherited the estate of Mells Manor from his mother Katharine Asquith, the younger daughter of Lady Frances (née Graham) and Sir John Horner, of Mells. The Countess of Oxford and Asquith died in 1998. The Earl died, aged 94, on 16 January 2011. He was succeeded in his peerage titles, which he had held for over 80 years, by his elder son, Raymond (b. 1952), a former British diplomat and elected hereditary member of the House of Lords. References Sources Who's Who 2007 "Oxford and Asquith, The Earl of" and "Asquith, Dominic" "Obituary: The Countess of Oxford and Asquith", Daily Telegraph, 1998. John Joliffe. "Obituary: The Countess of Oxford and Asquith" The Independent'', 7 September 1998, available online. Burke's Peerage & Landed Gentry: Oxford and Asquith, full article only by subscription. External links 1916 births 2011 deaths Military personnel from Somerset People educated at Ampleforth College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Governors of British Seychelles Earls of Oxford and Asquith Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George British Army personnel of World War II Royal Engineers officers English Roman Catholics People from Somerset Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith British colonial governors and administrators in Africa Sultanate of Zanzibar people Governors of British Saint Lucia British Indian Ocean Territory people Turks and Caicos Islands people Caymanian people Oxford and Asquith