Education
Askew was educated at Eton and Christchurch, Oxford.
Askew was educated at Eton and Christchurch, Oxford.
"lieutenant was difficult from his own vague allusions in latter years to imagine in what orgy of extravagance this mild, scholarly person might have dissipated his youthful fortunes and become estranged from his family." In 1896 he published Pros and Cons, a compilation of views on both sides of topical political controversies, which went through several editions. Trotsky"s life of Lenin mentions him as a London associate. Askew died in Moscow.
Becoming a socialist, he went to live in Germany, where he knew Friedrich Engels.