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David Lloyd George

Liberal PM who led Britain through WWI and social reform.

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He qualified as a solicitor in 1884 and is the only solicitor to have held the office of prime minister as of 2025.[1] The BBC History account notes he was born in Manchester on 17 January 1863, son of a schoolmaster.[2] David Lloyd George was raised with Welsh as his first language.[3]

Key facts and history

Lloyd George set up his own legal practice in 1885 and took his brother William into partnership in 1887.[1][4] His legal triumph came in the Llanfrothen burial case, which established Nonconformists' burial rights.[4] He married Margaret Owen on 24 January 1888.[5] Lloyd George was returned as Liberal MP for Caernarfon Boroughs on 10 April 1890.[6]

He served as President of the Board of Trade from 1905 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1908 to 1915.[5][3] The BBC History account states his 1909 budget provided for social insurance partly financed by land and income taxes.[2] He was prime minister from 1916 to 1922.[2] Lloyd George was made Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor in 1944.[2]

What the research sources say

The Stevens paper documents that Lloyd George advised a Baptist burial party to break open a locked cemetery gate.[7][8] According to the Daglish paper, Lloyd George was the main figure on the committee that prepared the 1906 Education Bill and required it to establish a distinct education committee for Wales.[9][10] Birrell privately expressed that the bill was more attributable to Lloyd George than to himself.[9][10] The Richards paper states that Nonconformists were deeply distressed by the lack of reform to the 1902 Education Act.[11][12]

The 1908 Nature article records that Lloyd George demonstrated strong backing for the University of Wales.[13][14]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "David Lloyd George" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bourns, "Lloyd George the parliamentarian", The Law Society, 14 December 2016; Bourns, "Lloyd George the parliamentarian", The Law Society, 14 December 2016 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. "David Lloyd George", BBC History. facts only, no text reused. bbc.co.uk
  3. Wikipedia, "David Lloyd George" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "David Lloyd George" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bourns, "Lloyd George the parliamentarian", The Law Society, 14 December 2016 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "David Lloyd George" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "David Lloyd George" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gilbert 1987, p. ch. Childhood, Youth, the Law and Politics, pp. 75–76; ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Catrin Stevens, "THE 'BURIAL QUESTION': CONTROVERSY AND CONFLICT c.1860-1890", The Welsh History Review / Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru (2002), doi:10.16922/whr.21.2.5. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
  8. Wikipedia, "David Lloyd George" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; Stevens, "The 'Burial Question': Controversy and Conflict c. 1860–1890", The Welsh History Review, 1 December 2002, p. 328–56; ; (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  9. N. D. Daglish, "Lloyd George's Education Bill? Planning the 1906 Education Bill", History of Education (1994), doi:10.1080/0046760940230403. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
  10. Wikipedia, "David Lloyd George" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; Daglish, "Lloyd George's Education Bill? Planning the 1906 Education Bill", History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society, 1994, p. 375–84 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Noel J. Richards, "The Education Bill of 1906 and the Decline of Political Nonconformity", The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (1972), doi:10.1017/s0022046900055615. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
  12. Wikipedia, "David Lloyd George" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Richards, "The Education Bill of 1906 and the Decline of Political Nonconformity", The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, January 1972, p. 49–63 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  13. G. H. B., "Mr. Lloyd George on the Endowment of Universities", Nature (1908), doi:10.1038/079086a0. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
  14. Wikipedia, "David Lloyd George" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Unit 8 David Lloyd George and the destiny of Wales", Open University; B., "Mr. Lloyd George on the Endowment of Universities", Nature, 1908-11-01, p. 86–87 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

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