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Aug 8, 2014 · By Charlotte Dubenskij. BBC News. It was 1917 when David Lloyd George famously told an audience: "Germany expected to find a lamb and found a lion." The MP for Caernarfon Boroughs had already ...
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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 ...
David Lloyd George was born in Manchester on 17 January 1863, son of a schoolmaster. His father died when he was young and his mother took him to Wales to be raised. He became a lifelong Welsh ...
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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.
Aug 8, 2014 · WW1 legacy of former prime minister David Lloyd George. A former prime minister from Gwynedd has long been recognised as one of the men who steered Britain to victory in World War One. David Lloyd ...
Nov 10, 2013 · Personal items belonging to former prime minister David Lloyd George, including his briefcase and diaries, feature in a new exhibition at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.
David Lloyd George, Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, (born Jan. 17, 1863, Manchester, Eng.—died March 26, 1945, Ty-newydd, near Llanystumdwy, Caernarvonshire, Wales), British prime minister (1916–22). He entered Parliament in 1890 as a Liberal and retained his seat for 55 years. He served as president of the Board of Trade (1905–08), then as ...
