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Anthony was the son of Primeminister H.H. Asquith who made the fateful decession after the Germams invaded Belgium to declare war and enter what would become World war I. His mother Margot from the Tennant family gave him the name Puffin, we are not sure just why. Famed American artist John Singer Sargent did a lovely drawing of Anthony when he was 6 years old about 1908. It is a little difficult to see what he is wearing. He received a classical education, attending Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford, two of the most important English schools. He was just a year or two tto young for World War I. He wanted nothing to do with politics. He gravitated toward film making, in part because it was about as far from politics as imaginable and the artistic tolerance for homosexuals. He became a very famous film director, doing a lot of classic English plays. Amongst his notable films were, 'The Winslow Boy' (1948), 'The Browning Version' (1951), 'The Importance of Being Ernest' (1952), and the 'Millionairess'. They were not Hollywood blockbusters, but they were beautifully contructed and well acted films and most importahntly, thoughtful films. He never married or had a family.
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