David Lloyd George

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922

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Lived 1863–1945, aged 82United Kingdom

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1863–1945
Aged 82

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Welsh Liberal who steered Britain through WWI and shaped the peace that followed. Lloyd George's tenure as PM (1916-22) spanned war leadership, social reform, and the creation of the Irish Free State.

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David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, 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.

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