Baron Askwith, of St Ives in the County of Huntingdon, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for the civil servant and arbitrator Sir George Askwith. The title became extinct upon his death in 1942. Lord Askwith was the son of General William Askwith and the great-grandson of William Askwith (1740-1815), Mayor of Ripon.
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