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Aug 8, 2014 · Lloyd George remained chancellor of the exchequer through the early years of World War One. In 1915 he was appointed minister of munitions in the wartime coalition government. In July...
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Early life. Early years as a member of Parliament (1890–1905) President of the Board of Trade (1905–1908) Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908–1915) First World War. Prime Minister (1916–1922) Later political career (1922–1945) Assessment. Family. Honours. Cultural depictions. Selected works. See also. Notes. Citations. Bibliography. Further reading.
David Lloyd George was British Chancellor of the Exchequer during H H Asquith’s pre-war Liberal government. Following the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, he displayed great competence as Chancellor but became disillusioned with Asquith's leadership.
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David Lloyd George (1863-1945) enjoyed a meteoric political ascent before World War I. He grew up in rural North Wales in the household of his uncle, Richard Lloyd (1834-1917), a shoemaker. A small inheritance from his father, William George (1820-1864), allowed him to train as a solicitor and he became Liberal MP for his local constituency of Caer...
Contrary to the expectations of many of his Radical followers, Lloyd George, who was initially very reluctant to support Britain entering the war, ultimately dramatically changed position to support the cabinet's decision and did not oppose Britain's entry into the conflict. Indeed, he soon used a number of public speeches to identify himself with ...
Lloyd George's frustration at the lack of progress towards military victory hardened into a determination to remove Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928), the Liberal leader and Prime Minister, who he saw as ineffective, from control of the war effort. He collaborated with Andrew Bonar Law (1858-1923), the Conservative leader, in demanding that a new w...
Lloyd George won a crushing victory at the post-war general election in December 1918, in alliance with the Conservatives, and virtually eliminated his Liberal rivals. He played a central and controversial role at the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919, ensuring Germany was forced to accept clauses in the Versailles Treaty that laid the basis for ...
The Big Four or the Four Nations refer to the four top Allied powers of World War I [1] and their leaders who met at the Paris Peace Conference in January 1919. The Big Four is also known as the Council of Four. It was composed of Georges Clemenceau of France, David Lloyd George of the United Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, and ...
Lloyd George was one of the main reasons behind the allied forces' victory in World War one. The Allies of World War one were France, Britain, Russia, Italy, Portugal and Japan. The United States later joined as an ‘Associated Power’, a term which the then President Woodrow Wilson emphasised.
Nov 8, 2008 · 1916: David Lloyd George on the Battle of the Somme. Much to the secret satisfaction of General Joffre, we turned our backs on Salonika and our faces once more to the Somme. It ranks with...
