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David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor [a] (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, for his role in the Paris Peace Conference, and for negotiating the establishment of the Irish Free State.
David Lloyd George, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. David Lloyd George, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) from the British Liberal Party was a highly effective leader of the coalition government that took power in late 1916 and managed the British war effort. However his coalition premiership was supported more by Conservatives ...
Liberal David Lloyd George formed a coalition government in the United Kingdom in December 1916, and was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by King George V.It replaced the earlier wartime coalition under H. H. Asquith, which had been held responsible for losses during the Great War. [2]
Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1945 for Liberal parliamentarian David Lloyd George who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1908 to 1915 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. [2]
Lloyd George was born to parents Austin and Myrtle George in a duplex house in Cordova, Alabama on June 27, 1924. In 1930, Austin operated a cafeteria and Myrtle worked in a cotton mill. About 1931, they moved to the mill village in Haleyville, Alabama, where better jobs were available
In 1935 Lloyd George married his second wife, Winifred Emily Peedle, a daughter of Thomas W. Peedle. [ 4 ] On 1 January 1945, his father was created Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor , and he gained the courtesy title of Viscount Gwynedd.
Born in Criccieth in North Wales, Lloyd George was the second son of Liberal Prime Minister David Lloyd George and his first wife, Margaret, daughter of Richard Owen.His sister Megan was also active in politics, but the two moved in opposite political directions: Gwilym to the right, towards the Conservatives, and Megan to the left, eventually joining the Labour Party.
Olwen Lloyd George and Captain Thomas Carey Evans at the time of their engagement. Lady Olwen Elizabeth Carey Evans DBE (née Lloyd George; 3 April 1892 – 2 March 1990) was a Welsh humanitarian and daughter of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George.