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    David Lloyd George

    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922

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  1. 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 1916 he ...

  2. David Lloyd George. David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, [a] OM, KStJ, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. A Liberal Party politician from Wales, he was known for leading the United Kingdom during the First World War, for social-reform policies (including the ...

    • H. H. Asquith
    • Bonar Law
    • Llanystumdwy, Wales
    • Career Before World War I↑
    • Rise to Power↑
    • Prime Minister↑
    • Post-War Triumph and Decline↑

    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 ...

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  4. 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. In May 1915, following the formation of the coalition government, Lloyd George ...

  5. Nov 8, 2008 · The Observer First world war. ... July 1 1916. Extracted from The War Memoirs of David Lloyd George (Nicholson & Watson, 1933-38) 1916. ... Manchester Guardian, Sept 18 1916.

  6. David Lloyd George. David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (January 17, 1863 – March 26, 1945) was a British statesman who guided Britain and the British Empire through World War I and the postwar settlement as the Liberal Party Prime Minister, 1916-1922. Lloyd George was the first Welshman to serve as Prime Minister.

  7. 1863-1945. General Information. David Lloyd George was born in Manchester, England on 17-Jan-1863. He was raised by his uncle, a local shoemaker and sectarian lay preacher in North Wales. In 1878 David Lloyd George was apprenticed to a non-trial lawyer and he opened his own law practice in 1884. As a poacher’s lawyer, or a lawyer willing to ...

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