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The Right Honourable
 David Lloyd George 
The Earl Lloyd George OM, PC
David Lloyd George
In office
7 December 1916 – 22 October 1922
MonarchGeorge V
Preceded byH. H. Asquith
Succeeded byAndrew Bonar Law
In office
12 April 1908 – 25 May 1915
Prime MinisterH. H. Asquith
Preceded byH. H. Asquith
Succeeded byReginald McKenna
Born17 January 1863(1863-01-17)
Manchester, United Kingdom
Died26 March 1945 (aged 82)
Tŷ Newydd, Llanystumdwy, United Kingdom
Political partyLiberal
SpouseMargaret Lloyd George (desc. The Right Honourable (abbreviated as The Rt Hon) is an Honorific prefix that is traditionally applied to certain Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Order of Merit is a British and Commonwealth Order bestowed by the Monarch. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC ( 12 September 1852 &ndash 15 February 1928) served Andrew Bonar Law (16 September 1858 &ndash 30 October 1923 was a Canadian -born British Conservative Party statesman and Prime Minister. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all Economic and Financial Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC ( 12 September 1852 &ndash 15 February 1928) served Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC ( 12 September 1852 &ndash 15 February 1928) served Reginald McKenna ( 6 July 1863 &ndash 6 September 1943) was a Liberal British statesman Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Tŷ Newydd, the National Centre for Writing in Wales is a renowned writing centre near Cricieth, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. Llanystumdwy is small Village on the Llŷn Peninsula in north Wales, although it is not regarded as being part of Llŷn but belonging instead to the local The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party Dame Margaret Lloyd George, GBE (1866&ndash 20 January 1941) née Margaret Owen, was the first wife of British Prime Minister )
Frances Stevenson
ProfessionLawyer
ReligionDisciple of Christ[1][2]

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman who was the first, and only Welsh Prime Minister that Britain has had so far[3] and the last Liberal to hold the office. Frances Stevenson Countess Lloyd George of Dwyfor CBE ( 7 October 1888 – 5 December 1972) was the mistress personal secretary A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ is a Mainline Protestant denomination in North America The Order of Merit is a British and Commonwealth Order bestowed by the Monarch. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A statesman or stateswoman or statesperson is usually a Politician or other notable figure of State who has had a long and respected career in The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party He was Prime Minister throughout the latter half of World War I and the first four years of the subsequent peace. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

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Upbringing and early life

Although born in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England, Lloyd George was a Welsh speaker and Welsh by descent and upbringing, the only Welshman ever to hold the office of Prime Minister of the British government. Chorlton-on-Medlock is an area of the City of Manchester, in North West England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927 For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government. In March 1863 his father William George, who had been a school teacher in Manchester and other towns, returned to his native Pembrokeshire due to failing health. A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an Institution designed to allow and encourage Students (or "pupils" In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or Geography Pembrokeshire is a maritime County, bordered by the sea on three sides by Ceredigion (Cardiganshire to the northeast and by He took up farming but died in June 1864 of pneumonia, aged 44. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal His mother Elizabeth George (1828-1896, daughter of David Lloyd, a shoe-maker and Baptist pastor of Llanystumdwy, Caernarvonshire), sold the farm and moved with her children to her native Llanystumdwy, North Wales, where she lived with her brother Richard, a master cobbler and later a lay Baptist preacher who, as a strong Liberal, proved a towering influence on the boy, encouraging him to take up a career in law and enter politics; his uncle remained influential up until his death at age 83 in February 1917, by which time his nephew was Prime Minister

His childhood showed through in his entire career, as he attempted to aid the common man at the expense of what he liked to call "the Dukes". Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. Llanystumdwy is small Village on the Llŷn Peninsula in north Wales, although it is not regarded as being part of Llŷn but belonging instead to the local Caernarfonshire (Sir Gaernarfon sometimes also spelt as Caernarvonshire and Carnarvonshire, is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative A farm is an area of land including various structures devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food ( Produce, Grains, or Livestock Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions A duke is a member of the Nobility, historically of highest rank below the Sovereign, and historically controlled a Duchy or a Dukedom He was one of three children: Mary Ellen was his elder sister and William was born posthumously to his father in 1865.

Articled to a firm of solicitors in Porthmadog, Lloyd George was admitted in 1884 after taking Honours in his final law examination and set up his own practice in the back parlour of his uncle's house in 1885. Porthmadog, ˌpɒrθˈmædɒg and known locally as Port, is a small Coastal Town in the Dwyfor locality within Gwynedd in North The practice flourished and he established branch offices in surrounding towns, taking his brother William into partnership in 1887. By then he was politically active, having campaigned for the Liberal Party in the 1885 election, attracted by Joseph Chamberlain's "unauthorised programme" of reforms. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party Results |} Total votes cast 4638235 All parties shown Voting summary Seats summary See also Joseph Chamberlain ( 8 July 1836 &ndash 2 July 1914) was an influential British businessman politician and statesman The election resulted firstly in a stalemate, neither the Liberals nor the Conservatives having a majority, the balance of power being held by the Irish Parliamentary Party. The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP (commonly called the Irish Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing William Gladstone's announcement of a determination to bring about Irish Home Rule later led to Chamberlain leaving the Liberals to form the Liberal Unionists. Home rule refers to a demand that constituent parts of a state be given greater self-government within the greater administrative purview of the central government Lloyd George was uncertain of which wing to follow, carrying a pro-Chamberlain resolution at the local Liberal Club and travelling to Birmingham planning to attend the first meeting of Chamberlain's National Radical Union but he had his dates wrong and arrived a week too early. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um The National Radical Union ( ERE, Greek: Εθνική Ριζοσπαστική Ένωσις, Ethnike Rizospastike Enosis) was a Greek political In 1907, he was to say that he thought Chamberlain's plan for a federal solution correct in 1886 and still thought so, that he preferred the unauthorised programme to the Whiggish platform of the official Liberal Party, and that had Chamberlain proposed solutions to Welsh grievances such as land reform and disestablishment he, together with most Welsh Liberals, would have followed Chamberlain. The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to

On 24 January 1888, he married Margaret Owen, the daughter of a well-to-do local farming family. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Dame Margaret Lloyd George, GBE (1866&ndash 20 January 1941) née Margaret Owen, was the first wife of British Prime Minister Also in that year he and other young Welsh Liberals founded a monthly paper Udgorn Rhyddid (Bugle of Freedom) and won on appeal to the Divisional Court of Queens Bench the Llanfrothen Burial case which established the right of Nonconformists to be buried according to their own denominational rites in parish burial grounds, a right given by the Burial Act 1880 that had hitherto been ignored by the Anglican clergy. Nonconformism is the refusal to conform to common standards conventions rules customs traditions norms or laws Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs It was this case, which was hailed as a great victory throughout Wales, and his writings in Udgorn Rhyddid that led to his adoption as the Liberal candidate for Caernarfon Boroughs on 27 December 1888. Caernarfon is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

In 1889, he became an Alderman on the Caernarfon County Council which had been created by the Local Government Act 1888. An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict c 41 was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1888 and established County councils and County borough At that time he appeared to be trying to create a separate Welsh National Party modelled on Parnell's Irish Parliamentary Party and worked towards a union of the North and South Wales Liberal Federations. Charles Stewart Parnell ( 27 June 1846 &ndash 6 October 1891) was an Irish Protestant landowner nationalist The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP (commonly called the Irish Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing

His flair quickly showed, and he was narrowly returned Liberal MP for Caernarfon Boroughs on 13 April 1890 at a by-election caused by the death of the former Conservative member, his margin being 19 votes. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. When entering the House of Commons, he was the youngest MP in the house and he sat with an informal grouping of Welsh Liberal members with a programme of disestablishing and disendowing the Church of England in Wales, temperance reform and Welsh home rule. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Home rule refers to a demand that constituent parts of a state be given greater self-government within the greater administrative purview of the central government He would remain an MP until 1945, fifty-five years later.

As backbench members of the House of Commons were not paid at that time, he supported himself and his growing family by continuing to practise as a solicitor, opening an office in London under the title of Lloyd George and Co and continuing in partnership with William George in Criccieth. A "solicitor" is a term used in many Common law jurisdictions for a lawyer who offers legal services outside of the courts In 1897 he merged his growing London practice with that of Arthur Rhys Roberts (who was to become Official Solicitor) under the title of Lloyd George, Roberts and Co.

He was soon speaking on Liberal issues (particularly temperance, the "local option" and national as opposed to denominational education) throughout England as well as Wales. During the next decade, Lloyd George campaigned in Parliament largely on Welsh issues and in particular for disestablishment and disendowment of the Church of England. He wrote extensively for Liberal papers such as the Manchester Guardian. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. When Gladstone retired after the defeat of the second Home Rule Bill in 1894 the Welsh Liberal members chose him to serve on a deputation to William Harcourt to press for specific assurances on Welsh issues and when those were not forthcoming they resolved to take independent action if the government did not bring a bill for disestablishment. Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt ( October 14, 1827 - October 1, 1904) was a British Lawyer, Journalist When that was not forthcoming he and three other Welsh Liberals (David Alfred Thomas, Herbert Lewis and Frank Edwards) refused the whip on 14 April 1892 but accepted Lord Rosebery's assurance and rejoined the official Liberals on 29 May. David Alfred Thomas 1st Viscount Rhondda ( 26 March 1856 &ndash 3 July 1918) sometimes known as D Sir John Herbert Lewis ( 27 December 1858 - November 10 1933) was a British Liberal politician Frank Edwards is the name of Frank Edwards (politician (1852&ndash1927 British Liberal Party politician Frank Edwards (writer and broadcaster Whip is a role in party-based politics whose primary purpose is to ensure control of the formal decision-making process in a parliamentary legislature Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC (7 May 1847 &ndash 21 May 1929 was a British Liberal Statesman and Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Thereafter, he devoted much time to setting up branches of Cymru Fydd (Wales Will Be) which, he said, would in time become a force like the Irish National Party. The Cymru Fydd movement was founded in 1886 by some of the London Welsh, including J He abandoned this idea after being criticised in Welsh newspapers for bringing about the defeat of the Liberal Party in the 1895 election and when, at a meeting in Newport on 16 January 1896, the South Wales Liberal Federation, led by David Alfred Thomas and Robert Bird moved that he be not heard. The UK general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895 Newport (Casnewydd is a city and principal area in Wales, in the United Kingdom. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year David Alfred Thomas 1st Viscount Rhondda ( 26 March 1856 &ndash 3 July 1918) sometimes known as D Robert Bird (1839 &ndash 1909 was a Welsh Liberal politician He served as Mayor of Cardiff in 1882

He gained national fame by his vehement opposition to the Second Boer War. See also First Boer War,, South African Wars (1879-1915 The Second Boer War ( Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: He based his attack firstly on what were supposed to be the war aims – remedying the grievances of the Uitlanders and in particular the claim they were wrongly denied the right to vote saying "I do not believe the war has any connection with the franchise. Uitlander, Afrikaans for 'outlander' was the name given to foreign Migrant workers during the initial exploitation of the Witwatersrand gold fields in It is a question of 45% dividends" and that England (which then did not have universal male suffrage) was more in need of franchise reform than the Boer republics. His second attack was on the cost of the war which prevented overdue social reform in England, such as old age pensions and workman's cottages. As the war progressed he moved his attack to its conduct by the generals, who he said (basing his words on reports by Burdett Coutt in The Times) were not providing for the sick or wounded soldiers and were starving Boer women and children in concentration camps. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. He reserved his major thrusts for Chamberlain, accusing him of directly profiteering from the war through the Chamberlain family company Kynochs Ltd, of which Chamberlain's brother was Chairman and which had won tenders to the War Office though its prices were higher than some of its competitors. His attacks almost split the Liberal Party as H. H. Asquith, Richard Burdon Haldane and others were supporters of the war and formed the Liberal Imperial League. Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC ( 12 September 1852 &ndash 15 February 1928) served Richard Burdon Sanderson Haldane 1st Viscount Haldane, KT, OM, PC, FRS, FSA ( 30 July 1856 - 19 August

His attacks on the government's Education Act which provided that County Councils would fund church schools helped reunite the Liberals, his successful amendment that the County need only fund those schools where the buildings were in good repair served to make the Act a dead letter in Wales where the Counties were able to show most of the Church of England schools were in poor repair. Having already gained national recognition for his anti Boer War campaigns, his leadership of the attacks on the Education Act gave him a strong parliamentary reputation and marked him as a future cabinet member.

In 1903, after the Kishinev Pogrom, Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain offered the Zionist Movement the possibility of settling in Uganda (modern Kenya). This article is part of the History of the Jews in Bessarabia. Joseph Chamberlain ( 8 July 1836 &ndash 2 July 1914) was an influential British businessman politician and statesman History of Zionism|Timeline of Zionism|World Zionist Organization|Zionist political violence Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa. Lloyd George represented the movement in drafting an agreement with the government, however the issue was controversial for both sides and eventually voted down by the Zionist movement at a special convention. [4]

Cabinet Minister (1905-1916)

In 1905, he entered the new Liberal Cabinet of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman as President of the Board of Trade. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, GCB (7 September 1836 &ndash 22 April 1908 was a British Liberal Statesman who served as Prime Minister The Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry before the June 28, 2007 In that position he brought legislation on many topics, from Merchant Shipping and Companies to Railway regulation but his main achievement was in stopping a proposed national strike of the railway unions by brokering an agreement between the unions and the railway companies. While almost all the companies refused to recognise the unions Lloyd George persuaded the companies to recognise elected representatives of the workers who sat with the company representatives on conciliation boards - one for each company. If those boards failed to agree then there was a central board. This was Lloyd George's first great triumph for which he received praises from among others Kaiser Wilhelm II. His great excitement - apparent from his letters to his family - was crushed by his daughter Mair's death from appendicitis a fortnight later in November 1907.

Portrait of David Lloyd George as Chancellor of the Exchequer by Christopher Williams (1911)
Portrait of David Lloyd George as Chancellor of the Exchequer by Christopher Williams (1911)

On Campbell-Bannerman's death he succeeded Asquith, who had become Prime Minister, as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1908 to 1915. Christopher David Williams (1873 &ndash 1934 was a Welsh artist The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all Economic and Financial While he continued some work from the Board of Trade - for example legislation to establish a Port of London authority and to pursue traditional Liberal programmes such as licensing law reforms - his first major trial in this role was over the 1908-1909 Naval Estimates. The Liberal manifesto at the 1906 general elections included a commitment to reduce military expenditure. The United Kingdom general election of 1906 was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906 Lloyd George strongly supported this writing to Reginald McKenna First Lord of the Admiralty "the emphatic pledges given by all of us at the last general election to reduce the gigantic expenditure on armaments built up by the recklessness of our predecessors. Reginald McKenna ( 6 July 1863 &ndash 6 September 1943) was a Liberal British statesman The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty were the members of the Board of Admiralty, which exercised command over the Royal Navy. " He then proposed the programme be reduced from six to four dreadnoughts. The dreadnought was the predominant type of Battleship of the 20th century This was adopted by the government but there was a public storm when the Conservatives, with covert support from the First Sea Lord Admiral Jackie Fisher campaigned for more with the slogan "We want eight and we wont wait. The First Sea Lord is the professional head of the Royal Navy and the whole Naval Service. Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot "Jackie" Fisher 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone, GCB, OM, GCVO ( 25 January 1841 ' This resulted in Lloyd George's defeat in Cabinet and the adoption of estimates including provision for eight dreadnoughts. This was later to be said to be one of the main turning points in the naval arms race between Germany and Britain that contributed to the causes of World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

He was largely responsible for the introduction of old age pensions, unemployment benefit and state financial support for the sick and infirm - legislation often referred to as the Liberal reforms. These social benefits were met with great hostility in the House of Lords where the "People's Budget" Lloyd George championed to introduce and finance them was rejected because it angered the landed gentry. The 1909 (UK People's Budget was a product of Herbert Asquith 's Liberal government that introduced many unprecedented taxes on the wealthy and radical social welfare programmes These social reforms began in Britain the creation of a welfare state that had been preceded in Germany some 20 years earlier. They fulfilled in both countries the aim of dampening down the demands of the growing working class for rather more radical solutions to their impoverishment.

Considered a pacifist until 1914, Lloyd George changed his stance when World War I broke out. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All When the Liberal government fell as a result of the Shell Crisis of 1915 and was replaced with a coalition government dominated by Liberals still under the Premiership of Asquith, Lloyd George became the first Minister of Munitions in 1915 and then Secretary of State for War in 1916. The Shell Crisis of 1915 largely contributed to weakening public appreciation of government of the United Kingdom during World War I because it was widely perceived The position of Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a British Cabinet -level position first applied to Henry Dundas

Prime Minister (1916-1922)

War leader (1916-1918)

According to his political opponents in the Liberal Party he manoeuvered to replace Asquith as Prime Minister of a new wartime coalition government between the Liberals and the Conservatives, but his allies argued that Asquith's loss of the leadership was brought about by his own failures as a leader. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. The result was a split of the Liberal Party into two factions; those who supported Asquith and those who supported the coalition government. His support from the Unionists was critical, and he ruled almost as a president. In his War Memoirs [v 1 p 602], he compared himself to Asquith:

There are certain indispensable qualities essential to the Chief Minister of the Crown in a great war. . . . Such a minister must have courage, composure, and judgment. All this Mr. Asquith possessed in a superlative degree. . . . But a war minister must also have vision, imagination and initiative--he must show untiring assiduity, must exercise constant oversight and supervision of every sphere of war activity, must possess driving force to energize this activity, must be in continuous consultation with experts, official and unofficial, as to the best means of utilising the resources of the country in conjunction with the Allies for the achievement of victory. If to this can be added a flair for conducting a great fight, then you have an ideal War Minister.

After 6 December 1916, despite occupying the Premiership David Lloyd George was not all powerful, being dependent on the support of Conservatives for his continuance in power. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year This was reflected in the make-up of his 5-member war cabinet, which as well as himself included the Conservative Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords, Lord Curzon; Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons, Andrew Bonar Law; and Minister without Portfolio, Lord Milner. George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC ( 11 January 1859 &ndash 20 March Andrew Bonar Law (16 September 1858 &ndash 30 October 1923 was a Canadian -born British Conservative Party statesman and Prime Minister. The fifth member, Arthur Henderson, was the unofficial representative of the Labour Party. Arthur Henderson (13 September 1863 – 20 October 1935 was a British union leader politician Disarmament advocate and the 1934 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the This accounts for Lloyd George's inability to establish complete personal control over military strategy, as Churchill did in the Second World War, and accounted for some of the most costly military blunders of the war. Nevertheless the War Cabinet was a very successful innovation. It met almost daily, with Sir Maurice Hankey as secretary, and made all major political, military, economic and diplomatic decisions. Rationing was finally imposed in early 1918 and was limited to meat, sugar and fats (butter and oleo) – but not bread; the new system worked smoothly. From 1914 to 1918 trade union membership doubled, from a little over four million to a little over eight million. Work stoppages and strikes became frequent in 1917-18 as the unions expressed grievances regarding prices, liquor control, pay disputes, "dilution," fatigue from overtime and from Sunday work, and inadequate housing.

Conscription put into uniform nearly every physically fit man, six million out of ten million eligible. Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority Of these about 750,000 lost their lives and 1,700,000 were wounded. Most deaths were to young unmarried men; however 160,000 wives lost husbands and 300,000 children lost fathers. [Havighurst p 134-5]

The originality and creativity of the many organizations and systems which Lloyd George created to fight the First World War is demonstrated by the fact that most were replicated when war came again in 1939. As Lord Beaverbrook remarked, 'There were no signposts to guide Lloyd George. '

Postwar Prime Minister (1918-1922)

Snowed under.The St. Bernard Pup (to his Master). "This situation appeals to my hereditary instincts. Shall I come to the rescue?"[Before leaving Switzerland Mr. Lloyd George purchased a St. Bernard pup.]Cartoon from Punch September 15, 1920
Snowed under.
The St. Bernard Pup (to his Master). "This situation appeals to my hereditary instincts. Shall I come to the rescue?"
[Before leaving Switzerland Mr. Lloyd George purchased a St. Bernard pup. ]
Cartoon from Punch September 15, 1920

At the end of the war Lloyd George's reputation stood at its zenith. Punch was a British weekly Magazine of Humour and Satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002 A leading Conservative said He can be dictator for life if he wishes. In the "Coupon election" of 1918 he declared this must be a land "fit for heroes to live in. " He did not say, "We shall squeeze the German lemon until the pips squeak" (that was Eric Campbell Geddes) but he did express that sentiment about reparations from Germany to pay the entire cost of the war, including pensions. Sir Eric Campbell-Geddes, GCB, GBE, PC, ( 26 September 1875 &ndash 22 June 1937) was a British At Bristol, he said that German industrial capacity "will go a pretty long way. " We must have "the uttermost farthing," and "shall search their pockets for it. " As the campaign closed, he summarized his program:

  1. Trial of the Kaiser Wilhelm II;
  2. Punishment of those guilty of atrocities;
  3. Fullest indemnity from Germany;
  4. Britain for the British, socially and industrially;
  5. Rehabilitation of those broken in the war; and
  6. A happier country for all.

His "National Liberal" coalition won a massive landslide, winning 525 of the 707 contests; however the Conservatives had control within the Coalition of more than two-thirds of its seats. Asquith's independent Liberals were crushed and emerged with only 33 seats, falling behind Labour. [Havighurst p 151]

Lloyd George represented Britain at the Versailles Peace Conference, clashing with French Premier Georges Clemenceau, American President Woodrow Wilson and Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando. Georges Benjamin Clemenceau ( Mouilleron-en-Pareds ( Vendée) 28 September 1841 24 November 1929 was a French statesman physician and Journalist Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. In Italy, the Prime Minister of Italy (officially the President of the Council of Ministers, Italian Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri) is the country's Vittorio Emanuele Orlando ( May 19 1860 - December 1 1952) was an Italian diplomat and Political figure. Lloyd George wanted to punish Germany politically and economically for devastating Europe during the war, but did not want to utterly destroy the German economy and political system the way Clemenceau and many other people of France wanted to do with their demand for massive reparations. Memorably, he replied to a question as to how he had done at the peace conference, "Not badly, considering I was seated between Jesus Christ and Napoleon" (Wilson and Clemenceau). The British economist John Maynard Keynes attacked Lloyd George's stance on reparations in his book The Economic Consequences of the Peace calling the Prime Minister a "half-human visitor to our age from the hag-ridden magic and enchanted woods of Celtic antiquity". John Maynard Keynes 1st Baron Keynes CB (ˈkeɪnz "cains" (5 June 1883 &ndash 21 April 1946 was a British Economist whose ideas

Lloyd George began to feel the weight of the coalition with the Conservatives after the war. His decision to extend conscription to Ireland was nothing short of disastrous, indirectly leading a majority of Irish MPs to declare independence. He presided over a war of attrition in Ireland, which led to the negotiation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty with Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins and the formation of the Irish Free State. The Irish War of Independence (or Tan War, or Anglo-Irish War, Irish: Cogadh na Saoirse) from January 1919 to July 1921 was a guerrilla The Anglo-Irish Treaty (An Conradh Angla-Éireannach officially called the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was a Treaty Arthur Griffith (Art Ó Gríobhtha 31 March 1872 &ndash 12 August 1922 was the founder and third leader of Sinn Féin. Michael John ("Mick" Collins (Mícheál Seán Ó Coileáin 16 October 1890 &ndash 22 August 1922 was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann (1922&ndash1937 was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by At one point, he famously declared of the IRA, "We have murder by the throat!" However he was soon to begin negotiations with IRA leaders to recognise their authority and end the conflict. The Irish Republican Army ( IRA) (Óglaigh na hÉireann was a military organisation descended from the Irish Volunteers, established 25 November 1913 and who

Lloyd George's coalition was too large, and deep fissures quickly emerged. The more traditional wing of the Unionist Party had no intention of introducing these reforms, which led to three years of frustrated fighting within the coalition both between the National Liberals and the Unionists and between factions within the Conservatives themselves. It was this fighting, coupled with the increasingly differing ideologies of the two forces in a country reeling from the costs of war that led to Lloyd George's fall from power. In June 1922 Conservatives were able to show that he had been selling knighthoods and peerages for money. The Peerage is a system of Titles of Nobility in the United Kingdom, part of the British honours system. Conservatives were concerned by his desire to create a party from these funds comprising moderate Liberals and Conservatives. A major attack in the House of Lords followed on his corruption resulting in the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" The Honours (Prevention of Abuses Act 1925 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed in 1925 (15 & 16 Geo The Conservatives also attacked Lloyd George as lacking any executive accountability as Prime Minister, claiming that he never turned up to Cabinet meetings and banished some government departments to the gardens of 10 Downing Street. Accountability is a concept in Ethics with several meanings It is often used synonymously with such concepts as answerability enforcement responsibility, blameworthiness A cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of Government, typically representing the executive branch.

His government was brought down by the Chanak Crisis during which on 12 October 1922 at a meeting called by Austen Chamberlain as the leader of the Conservatives in the House of Commons, the frustrated and underused coalition backbenchers sealed Lloyd George's fate. The Chanak Crisis (or Affair) in September 1922 was the threatened attack on British and French troops stationed near Çanakkale (Chanak to Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain KG ( 16 October 1863 &ndash 17 March 1937) was a British Statesman, Chamberlain and other prominent Conservatives such as the Earl of Balfour argued for supporting Lloyd George, while prospective party leader Andrew Bonar Law argued the other way, claiming that breaking up the coalition "wouldn't break Lloyd George's heart". Arthur James Balfour 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC (25 July 1848 - 19 March 1930 was a British Conservative politician and Andrew Bonar Law (16 September 1858 &ndash 30 October 1923 was a Canadian -born British Conservative Party statesman and Prime Minister. The main attack came from Stanley Baldwin, then a junior treasury minister, who spoke of Lloyd George as a "dynamic force" who would break the Conservative Party. Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC (3 August 1867 &ndash 14 December 1947 was a British Conservative politician statesman and major Baldwin and many of the more progressive members of the Conservative Party fundamentally opposed Lloyd George and those who supported him on moral grounds. The motion that the Conservative Party should fight the next election (then due in a matter of months) on its own, rather than co-operating with the Coalition Liberals was carried 187 to 86.

David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George

Later political career (1922-1945)

Throughout the next two decades Lloyd George remained on the margins of British politics, being frequently predicted to return to office but never succeeding. Before the 1923 election, he made up his dispute with Asquith, allowing the Liberals to run a united ticket, and in 1926 he succeeded Asquith as Liberal leader. In 1929 Lloyd George became Father of the House, the longest serving member of the Commons. Father of the House is a term that has by tradition been unofficially bestowed on certain members of some national Legislatures most notably the House of Commons in In 1931 an illness prevented his joining the National Government when it was formed. In the United Kingdom the term National Government is in an abstract sense used to refer to a coalition of some or all UK major political parties. Later when the National Government called a General Election he tried to pull the Liberal Party out of it but succeeded in taking only a few followers, most of whom were related to him; the main Liberal party remained in the coalition for a year longer, under the leadership of Sir Herbert Samuel. Herbert Louis Samuel 1st Viscount Samuel GCB OM GBE PC ( November 6, 1870 - February 2, 1963

In 1934, Lloyd George made a controversial statement about reserving the right to "bomb niggers"[5] that has since been quoted by political activist Noam Chomsky and others. [6][7][8][9][10][11] The quote was originally attributed to Lloyd George in 1934 by Frances Stevenson, his secretary and second wife, in her diary, which was published in 1971. [12] On page 259 of Lloyd George: A Diary by Frances Stevenson, the March 9, 1934 diary entry includes the following passage: "Debate last night in the House on Air—strong demonstrations in favour of increased no. of fighting planes. D. [David Lloyd George] says it could have been avoided but for Simon's [Sir John Simon's] mismanagement. At Geneva other countries would have agreed not to use aeroplanes for bombing purposes, but we insisted on reserving the right, as D. puts it, to bomb niggers! Whereupon the whole thing fell through, & we add 5 millions to our air armaments expenditure. "[13] British historian V. G. Kiernan wrote that Lloyd George and others in the British government had argued during that period for the right to bomb British colonies as they deemed it necessary. [14]

On 17 January 1935 Lloyd George sought to promote a radical programme of economic reform, called "Lloyd George's New Deal" after the American New Deal. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The New Deal was the name that United States President Franklin D However the programme did not find favour in the mainstream political parties. Later that year Lloyd George and his family reunited with the Liberal Party in Parliament. In August 1936 Lloyd George met Hitler at Berchtesgaden and offered some public comments that were surprisingly favourable to the German dictator, expressing warm enthusiasm both for Hitler personally and for Germany's public works schemes (upon returning, he wrote of Hitler in the Daily Express as "the greatest living German", "the George Washington of Germany"). Berchtesgaden (bɛʁçtəsˈgaːdən is a municipality in the German Bavarian Alps. Despite this embarrassment, however, as the 1930s progressed Lloyd George became more clear-eyed about the German threat and joined Winston Churchill, among others, in fighting the government's policy of appeasement. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 In the late 1930s he was sent by the British government to try to dissuade Adolf Hitler from his plans of Europe-wide expansion. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately In perhaps the last important parliamentary intervention of his career, which occurred during the crucial Norway Debate of May 1940, Lloyd George made a powerful speech that helped to undermine Chamberlain as Prime Minister and to pave the way for the ascendancy of Churchill as Premier. The Norway Debate, sometimes called the Narvik Debate, was a famous debate in the British House of Commons that took place on May 7 and May 8

Churchill offered Lloyd George a place in his Cabinet but he refused, citing his dislike of Chamberlain. Lloyd George also thought that Britain's chances in the war were dim, and he remarked to his secretary: "I shall wait until Winston is bust". [15] He wrote to the Duke of Bedford in September 1940 advocating a negotiated peace with Germany after the Battle of Britain. Hastings William Sackville Russell 12th Duke of Bedford MA ( 21 December 1888 &ndash 9 October 1953) was the son of Herbrand The Battle of Britain (German ''Luftschlacht um England'' is the name given to the sustained strategic effort by the German Luftwaffe during the summer and [16]

A pessimistic speech on 7 May 1941 led Churchill to compare him with Pétain. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951 generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain ( Maréchal Pétain) On 11 June 1942 he made his final ever speech in the House of Commons and cast his last vote in the Commons on 18 February 1943 as one of the 121 MPs (97 Labour) condemning the Government for its failure to back the Beveridge Report. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Beveridge Report was the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Social Insurance and Allied Services chaired by William Beveridge, an economist Fittingly, his final vote was in defence of the welfare state which he had helped to create.

He enjoyed listening to the broadcasts of William Joyce. William Joyce ( 24 April 1906 – 3 January 1946) the man generally associated with the nickname Lord Haw-Haw Increasingly in his late years his characteristic political courage gave way to physical timidity and hypochondria. He continued to attend Castle Street Baptist Chapel in London, and to preside over the national eisteddfod at its Thursday session each summer. The National Eisteddfod of Wales ( Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the most important of several Eisteddfodau that are held annually mostly in Wales. At the end, he returned to Wales. In September 1944, he and Frances left Churt for Tŷ Newydd, a somewhat bleak farming property near his boyhood home in Llanystumdwy. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was now weakening rapidly and his voice failing. He was still an MP but had learned that wartime changes in the constituency meant that Caernarfon Boroughs might go Conservative at the next election. On New Years Day 1945 Lloyd George was raised to the peerage as Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor and Viscount Gwynedd, of Dwyfor in the County of Caernarvonshire. New Year's Day is the first day of the Year. On the modern Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated on January 1, as it was also in ancient Rome (though Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar See also Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor See also Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency Dwyfor was one of the five local government Caernarfonshire (Sir Gaernarfon sometimes also spelt as Caernarvonshire and Carnarvonshire, is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative

He died of cancer on 26 March 1945, aged 82, without ever taking up his seat in the House of Lords, Frances and his daughter Megan at the bedside. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" Four days later, on Good Friday, in a simple service, he was buried beside the River Dwyfor in Llanystumdwy. Good Friday, also called Holy Friday or Great Friday, is the Friday preceding Easter Sunday ("Pascha"

A great boulder marks his grave; there is no inscription. However a grand monument designed by the late architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis has since been erected around the grave, bearing an englyn (strict-metre stanza) engraved on slate in his memory composed by his nephew Dr William George. Across the lane stands one of the entrances to the impressive Lloyd George Museum, also designed by Williams-Ellis and opened in 1963.

His perceived double-dealing on many issues alienated many of his former supporters, but there is no doubt that he was a brilliant politician, hence his nickname: The Welsh Wizard.

Family

On 20 January 1941, his wife Dame Margaret died; this deeply upset him and heavy snowdrifts prevented his car getting to her bedside before she died. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In October 1943, aged eighty, he married his secretary and mistress, Frances Stevenson (who had been with Lloyd George for over 30 years at the time of his death and became Countess Lloyd George of Dwyfor), a cultivated, beautiful woman now largely remembered for her extensive, insightful diaries that dealt with the issues and statesmen that were a part of her lover's life. Frances Stevenson Countess Lloyd George of Dwyfor CBE ( 7 October 1888 – 5 December 1972) was the mistress personal secretary This caused severe tension with his daughter and other family members. He had five children: Richard (1889-1968), Mair (1890-1907), Olwen (1892-1990), Gwilym (1894-1967) and Megan (1902-1966). His son, Gwilym, and daughter, Megan, both followed him into politics and were elected members of parliament. Major Gwilym Lloyd George 1st Viscount Tenby, ( 4 December 1894 &ndash 14 February 1967) was a politician and cabinet minister in the Lady Megan Arfon Lloyd George CH ( 22 April 1902 – 14 May 1966) was a British politician the first female Member of Parliament They were politically faithful to their father throughout his life but following their father's death each drifted away from the Liberal Party, with Gwilym finishing his career as a Conservative Home Secretary, whilst Megan became a Labour MP in 1957, perhaps symbolising the fate of much of the old Liberal Party. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party The Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan is his great-granddaughter. Margaret Olwen MacMillan OC DPhil. (born 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Historian and professor at the The British television presenter Dan Snow is his great-great-grandson. Daniel Robert Snow (born December 3 1978 in London, England) is a British television presenter and historian Other descendants include the Earl Owen Lloyd George, who is his grandson, and the Earl's children David, Robert (the CEO of Lloyd George Management) and Julia.

War cabinet, December 1916–January 1919

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Other members of Lloyd George's war government

Peacetime government, January 1919–October 1922

Going to the country? "I think it would be a calamity if we did anything to prevent the economic use of charabancs." — Sir Eric Geddes. First "Banc." Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Bonar Law, Mr. Balfour, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Churchill. Second "Banc." Sir E. Geddes, Mr. Shortt, Mr. Long, Sir Robert Horne, Col. Amery. Third "Banc." Mr. Illingworth, Lord E. Talbot, Mr. Fisher, Dr. Addison, Sir Gordon Hewart. Fourth "Banc." Mr. Kellaway, Sir M. Barlow, Sir L. Worthington Evans, Sir A.G. Boscawen, Mr. Towyn Jones. Fifth "Banc." Sir Hamar Greenwood, Mr. Baldwin, Sir James Craig, Mr. Denis Henry, Mr. Neal. Sixth "Banc." Mr. Montagu, Dr. Macnamara, Mr. McCurdy, Mr. Ian Macpherson, Sir A. Mond. Cartoon in Punch magazine 18 August 1920 depicting Lloyd George's government ministers, against a quote from that week's Hansard. Going to the Country is an idiom for the calling of an election; in this case, Punch's prediction was off by some two years.
Going to the country?
"I think it would be a calamity if we did anything to prevent the economic use of charabancs. A charabanc (pronounced sha-ra-bang) spelt "char-à-banc" is a type of Horse-drawn vehicle or motor coach, usually open-topped common in Britain " — Sir Eric Geddes.
First "Banc. " Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Bonar Law, Mr. Balfour, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Churchill.
Second "Banc. " Sir E. Geddes, Mr. Shortt, Mr. Long, Sir Robert Horne, Col. Amery.
Third "Banc. " Mr. Illingworth, Lord E. Talbot, Mr. Fisher, Dr. Addison, Sir Gordon Hewart.
Fourth "Banc. " Mr. Kellaway, Sir M. Barlow, Sir L. Worthington Evans, Sir A. G. Boscawen, Mr. Towyn Jones.
Fifth "Banc. " Sir Hamar Greenwood, Mr. Baldwin, Sir James Craig, Mr. Denis Henry, Mr. Neal.
Sixth "Banc. " Mr. Montagu, Dr. Macnamara, Mr. McCurdy, Mr. Ian Macpherson, Sir A. Mond.
Cartoon in Punch magazine 18 August 1920 depicting Lloyd George's government ministers, against a quote from that week's Hansard. Punch was a British weekly Magazine of Humour and Satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002 Hansard is the traditional name for the printed transcripts of Parliamentary debates in the Westminster system of Government. Going to the Country is an idiom for the calling of an election; in this case, Punch's prediction was off by some two years.

The War Cabinet was formally maintained for much of 1919, but as Lloyd George was out of the country for many months this did not noticeably make much of a difference. In October 1919 a formal Cabinet was reinstated.

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Notes

  1. ^ Michael W. Casey, "'Come Let Us Reason Together': The Heritage of the Churches of Christ as a Source for Rhetorical Invention", Rhetoric & Public Affairs, vol. 7, no. 4 (Winter 2004) pp. 487-498.
  2. ^ The Religious Affiliation of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, adherents. com, accessed 2008-05-01. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor.
  3. ^ If James Callaghan is excluded from consideration. Leonard James Callaghan Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005 was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979
  4. ^ Jeuhuda Reinharz, Chaim Weizmann - The making of a Zionist Leader, Oxford UP 1985 chapters 8 & 9.
  5. ^ Lloyd George: A Diary by Frances Stevenson, ed. A. J. P. Taylor, Harper & Row, New York, 1971. Page 259.
  6. ^ Youtube clip of Noam Chomsky quoting Lloyd George
  7. ^ Article by Noam Chomsky quoting Lloyd George, which originally appeared on July 5, 1994 in The Guardian
  8. ^ Letter written by Noam Chomsky on October 7, 1991
  9. ^ Link to a reference to Lloyd George's statement
  10. ^ Link to a reference to Lloyd George's statement
  11. ^ Article by Mumia Abu-Jamal citing Noam Chomsky's reference to Lloyd George's statement
  12. ^ Lloyd George: A Diary by Frances Stevenson, ed. A. J. P. Taylor, Harper & Row, New York, 1971. Page 259.
  13. ^ Lloyd George: A Diary by Frances Stevenson, ed. A. J. P. Taylor, Harper & Row, New York, 1971. Page 259.
  14. ^ V. G. Kiernan, From Conquest to Collapse: European Empires from 1815 to 1960, Pantheon Books, New York, 1982. Page 200.
  15. ^ Colin Cross (ed. ), Life with Lloyd George: The Diary of A. J. Sylvester (Macmillan, 1975), p. 281.
  16. ^ David Reynolds, From World War to Cold War: Churchill, Roosevelt, and the International History of the 1940s (Oxford University Press, 2006), p. 79.

Bibliography

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Offices held

Political offices
Preceded by
The Marquess of Salisbury		President of the Board of Trade
1905 – 1908		Succeeded by
Winston Churchill
Preceded by
Herbert Henry Asquith		Chancellor of the Exchequer
1908 – 1915		Succeeded by
Reginald McKenna
New titleMinister of Munitions
1915 – 1916		Succeeded by
Edwin Samuel Montagu
Preceded by
The Earl Kitchener		War Secretary
1916		Succeeded by
The Earl of Derby
Preceded by
Herbert Henry Asquith		Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
7 December 1916 – 22 October 1922		Succeeded by
Andrew Bonar Law
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edmund Swetenham		Member of Parliament for Caernarvon Boroughs
1890 – 1945		Succeeded by
Seaborne Davies
Party political offices
Preceded by
The Earl of Oxford and Asquith		Leader of the British Liberal Party
1926 – 1931		Succeeded by
Sir Herbert Samuel
Academic offices
Preceded by
Earl Beatty		Rector of the University of Edinburgh
1920 – 1923		Succeeded by
Stanley Baldwin
Honorary titles
Preceded by
T. P. O'Connor		Father of the House
1929 – 1945		Succeeded by
The Earl Winterton
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creationEarl Lloyd George of Dwyfor
1945		Succeeded by
Richard Lloyd George


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NAMEGeorge, David Lloyd
ALTERNATIVE NAMESLloyd George of Dwyfor, 1st Earl
SHORT DESCRIPTIONBritish politician and prime minister
DATE OF BIRTHJanuary 17, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTHManchester, England
DATE OF DEATHMarch 26, 1945
PLACE OF DEATHTŷ Newydd, Llanystumdwy, Wales
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