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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.  

David Lloyd George as Minister of Munitions

With the beginning of the First World War David Lloyd George, as Chancellor, tried to ensure that the country's finances were in a state as to be able to pursue the war successfully. It became…  

Digital Learning Resources

The National Library of Wales worked in partnership with Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales to produce and publish digital learning resources on The First World War on Hwb. These include…  

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