Sir Robert Aske, 1st Baronet

Sir Robert William Aske, 1st Baronet (29 December 1872 – 10 March 1954) was a barrister and Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.

[1][2] Aske was a part-time soldier, commissioned into a Volunteer battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment on 9 February 1898 and was promoted to Lt-Colonel and commanding officer of the 5th (Cyclist) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment of the Territorial Force (TF) on 20 October 1910.

He mobilised the battalion in August 1914 and commanded it on coast defence duties during the early years of World War I.

[2][3][4] He retired from the battalion and was transferred to the TF Reserve on 24 December 1917;[5] he was awarded the Territorial Decoration on 22 May 1918.

[6] He first stood for parliament in 1910, contesting Hull Central, a seat that the Conservatives had held in the 1906 Liberal landslide.