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[[File:David Lloyd George (1902).jpg|thumb|400px|David Lloyd George in 1902, Chancellor of the Exchequer and future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.]] |
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[[File:David Lloyd George visiting Indian soldiers, 1916 (c).jpg|thumb|500px| Lloyd George was Minister of Munitions, Secretary of State for War and Prime Minister during the war. He is pictured here visiting Indian soldiers on the Western Front.]] |
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[[File:David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor (2).jpg|thumb|400px|Portrait by {{w1|Philip de László}}, painted in 1931.]] |
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'''David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George<ref>Under the rules governing titles within the peerage, Lloyd George's name in his title was hyphenated even though his surname was not.</ref> of Dwyfor''', OM, PC ([[17 January]] 1863 – [[26 March]] 1945) was a British statesman of the [[w:Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]]. As [[w:Chancellor of the Exchequer|Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (1908–1915), Lloyd George was a key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern [[w:welfare state|welfare state]]. His most important role came as the highly energetic [[w:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] of the [[w:Lloyd George ministry|Wartime Coalition]] Government (1916–22), during and immediately after the First World War. He was a major player at the [[w:Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]] of 1919 that reordered Europe after the defeat of the [[Central Powers]]. |
'''David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George<ref>Under the rules governing titles within the peerage, Lloyd George's name in his title was hyphenated even though his surname was not.</ref> of Dwyfor''', OM, PC ([[17 January]] 1863 – [[26 March]] 1945) was a British statesman of the [[w:Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]]. As [[w:Chancellor of the Exchequer|Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (1908–1915), Lloyd George was a key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern [[w:welfare state|welfare state]]. His most important role came as the highly energetic [[w:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] of the [[w:Lloyd George ministry|Wartime Coalition]] Government (1916–22), during and immediately after the First World War. He was a major player at the [[w:Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]] of 1919 that reordered Europe after the defeat of the [[Central Powers]]. |
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As Prime Minister, Lloyd George favoured the Conservatives in his coalition in the 1918 elections, leaving the Liberal Party a minority. He became leader of the Liberal Party in the late 1920s, but it grew even smaller and more divided. By the 1930s he was a marginalised and widely mistrusted figure. He |
As Prime Minister, Lloyd George favoured the Conservatives in his coalition in the 1918 elections, leaving the Liberal Party a minority. He became leader of the Liberal Party in the late 1920s, but it grew even smaller and more divided. By the 1930s he was a marginalised and widely mistrusted figure. He relunctantly spoke in support of the Second World War amidst fears that he secretly had German sympathies.<ref>{{wikipedia|title=David Lloyd George|date=22 January, 2018}}</ref> He did however, meet with Hitler and spoke favourably of him prior to WWII. |
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==References/notes== |
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[[Category:Great War Index]] |
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[[Category:Index of people]] |
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