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The Marconi Scandal

The Marconi Scandal 1912-13 led many to draw unfavourable conclusions about corruption in British politics. It is believed that Lloyd George’s role in the scandal brought it to press and public…  

David Lloyd George the Prime Minister

David Lloyd George was appointed Prime Minister on 6 December 1916. After months of failure and discontent with the Asquith Government Unionists, Labour members and the majority of Liberals came…  

Ireland

During the Paris Peace Conference the British pleaded the right of nations to self-determination, and yet happenings in Ireland threw doubt on their sincerity. The War had made David Lloyd George…  

Versailles

Post-war Europe was totally different from that which it was in 1914. Gone were the empires of the Hollenzollerns in Germany, the Hapsburgs in Austria-Hungary, and the Romanovs in Russia. As Prime…  

Votes for Women

David Lloyd George's period in the Cabinet coincided with the vigorous campaign for women's suffrage, a cause he had supported from early in his political life. But as a cabinet member he was…  

Frances and Jennifer

In 1912 Frances Stevenson came to work in the Lloyd George household as a private tutor to Megan. Before long, a close relationship was struck up between her and David Lloyd George, one which was to…  

The Depression and the New Deal

In 1935, when he was 72 years old, Lloyd George launched his last great campaign in a meeting in Bangor. To deal with social and economic problems he wished to see the establishment of a National…  

Leader of the Liberal Party

After leaving the Premiership and Government Lloyd George attempted to rebuild the Liberal Party. It was in a very sorry state. In the 1923 General Election it won 157 seats, by the October 1924…  

Visiting Hitler, and the Second World War

Even though he became an opponent of appeasement, in September 1936 David Lloyd George, along with Megan and Gwilym, spent two weeks in Germany and met Adolf Hitler twice. Hitler had been in power…  

David Lloyd George's death and funeral

On 26 March 1945, after a short illness, David Lloyd George died peacefully at Cricieth, at the age of 82 and he was buried at Llanystumdwy on the banks of afon Dwyfor.