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Lloyd-George (of Dwyfor), David Lloyd George, 1st Earl
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| (1863–1945)
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| British Liberal statesman and prime minister (1916-22), born in Manchester, Greater Manchester, NW England, UK. He studied in Wales, became a solicitor and, in 1890, an MP for Caernarfon Boroughs (a seat he was to hold for 55 years). He was President of the Board of Trade (1905–8) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1905–15). His ‘people's budget’ of 1909–10 was rejected by the House of Lords, and led to a constitutional crisis and the Parliament Act of 1911, which removed the Lords' power of veto. He became minister of munitions (1915), secretary for war (1916), and coalition prime minister. After World War 1, he continued as head of a coalition government dominated by Conservatives. He negotiated with Sinn Féin, and conceded the Irish Free State (1921) - a measure which brought his downfall. Following the 1931 general election, he led a ‘family’ group of Independent Liberal MPs. He was made an earl in 1945. A film about his life, directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Norman Page, was made in 1918, but was then mysteriously suppressed and lost. Rediscovered in 1994, it was restored by the Welsh and National Film Archives, and premiered in 1996. |
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