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David Lloyd George

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922 · United Kingdom · Politicians · Lived 1863 to 1945 · aged 82

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The man who ran Britain through most of World War I and then brokered the Irish Free State - while surviving two scandals, battling his own generals, and watching his Liberal Party crumble beneath him.

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1945Died26 March 19451935Named Member of the 37th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice14 November 1935 to 12 February 19451926Named Leader of the Liberal PartyOffice14 October 1926 to 4 November 19311916Named Prime Minister of the United KingdomOffice6 December 1916 to 19 October 1922Named Secretary of State for WarOffice6 June to 5 December 19161915Named Minister of MunitionsOffice25 May 1915 to 9 July 19161910Named Member of the 30th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice3 December 1910 to 25 November 19181908Named Chancellor of the ExchequerOffice5 April 1908 to 25 May 1915“Free Trade is a great pacificator. We have had many quarrels, many causes of quarrels, during the last fifty years, but we have not had a single war with any first-class Power.”In their words21 April 1908Speech in Manchester (21 April 1908), quoted in Better Times: Speeches by the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer

“When I talk about trade and industry, it is not because I think trade and industry are more important than social reform.”In their words21 April 1908Speech in Manchester (21 April 1908), quoted in Better Times: Speeches by the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer

1907“[The House of Lords] is the right hon. Gentleman's poodle. It fetches and carries for him. It barks for him. It bites anybody that he sets it on to.”In their words26 June 1907Speech in the House of Commons (26 June 1907)

1905Named President of the Board of TradeOffice10 December 1905 to 12 April 19081904“As our fathers had freed our trade there was another work to accomplish.”In their words12 October 1904Speech in the Plait Hall, Luton (12 October 1904), quoted in The Times (13 October 1904), p. 9

“Mr. Chamberlain is right in so far as he says that things are not well in this country.”In their words6 January 1904Speech in the House of Commons (6 January 1904)

1890“A free religion and a free people in a free land.”In their wordsNovember 1890Speech in Merthyr Tydfil (November 1890), quoted in Thomas Jones, Lloyd George (1951), p. 11

1863Born17 January 1863

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  1. Free Trade is a great pacificator. We have had many quarrels, many causes of quarrels, during the last fifty years, but we have not had a single war with any first-class Power.

    Apr 21, 1908, Speech in Manchester (21 April 1908), quoted in Better Times: Speeches by the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer, Own words

  2. Free Trade may be the alpha, but it is not the omega, of Liberal policy.

    Apr 21, 1908, Speech in Manchester (21 April 1908), quoted in Thomas Jones, Lloyd George (1951), p. 35, Own words

  3. When I talk about trade and industry, it is not because I think trade and industry are more important than social reform.

    Apr 21, 1908, Speech in Manchester (21 April 1908), quoted in Better Times: Speeches by the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer, Own words

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Born in Manchester in 1863 and raised in Wales, Lloyd George built his name as a fiery orator pushing land reform and Welsh devolution, winning a seat in Parliament in 1890 that he'd hold for 55 years. As Chancellor of the Exchequer under Asquith, he forced through the 1909 People's Budget - taxing land and wealth to fund the welfare state - triggering a constitutional crisis that broke the House of Lords' veto power. When Asquith faltered in 1916, Lloyd George took over as Prime Minister, tightened the war cabinet, implemented convoys against U-boats, and fought his own commanders until the Allies unified command in 1918. At the Paris Peace Conference he helped shape the postwar map, then faced rebellion in Ireland until he negotiated independence in 1921. The coalition collapsed in 1922 amid an honours-selling scandal and economic collapse; he never returned to power, led a dwindling Liberal remnant through the 1920s, and refused Churchill's cabinet in 1940. He died in 1945, weeks after accepting an earldom he never lived to use.

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Lived 1863 to 1945 · aged 82

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