David Lloyd George

**David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor**,  (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was the British Prime Minister during the last half of the First World War. He was Prime Minister for six years, between 1916 and 1922.

## Early life

Lloyd George was born in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire, England to Welsh parents. His father, who died before he was two years old, was a teacher and a farmer. When Lloyd George was young, he lived with his mother and his brother. When he was 21, he became a lawyer and opened an office in the back of his brother's house.

## Political career

Lloyd George's law practice was a success. Shortly after opening it, Lloyd George became interested in politics. He began working with the Liberal Party. He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) on 13 April 1890. Lloyd George would serve as an MP until 1945. In the House of Commons, Lloyd George worked to promote Welsh issues, fought against the Boer War and campaigned for education reform.

In 1905, Lloyd George was selected to become a cabinet minister. He served as President of the Board of Trade (1905–1908) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908–1915). After the First World War started, he held the positions of Minister of Munitions (1915) and War Secretary (1916).

By the end of 1916, the war was going badly for the British. Lloyd George gathered together a coalition (a type of political team) of Liberal and Conservative MPs to form a new government. On 5 December 1916, Prime Minister Herbert Asquith resigned, and Lloyd George took his place. Lloyd George's government introduced conscription (forcing men to join the armed forces) and rationing (placing limits on the amount of goods that people can buy) by the end of the war.

After the war, Lloyd George represented Britain at the Paris Peace Conference and helped create the Irish Free State. By 1922, Lloyd George's coalition was breaking apart. In October 1922, the Conservative Party, led by Andrew Bonar Law, won the election. Lloyd George remained an MP, however, until 1945.

In 1945, he was given the titles **Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor** and **Viscount Gwynedd**. He was to take a seat in the House of Lords, but he died before he could do so.

## Infobox (prime minister)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: David Lloyd George
- **image**: David Lloyd George.jpg
- **order**: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- **term start**: 6 December 1916
- **term end**: 19 October 1922
- **monarch**: George V
- **predecessor**: H. H. Asquith
- **successor**: Bonar Law
- **office3**: Leader of the Liberal Party (UK), Leader of the Liberal Party
- **term start3**: 14 October 1926
- **term end3**: 4 November 1931
- **predecessor3**: H. H. Asquith
- **successor3**: Herbert Samuel
- **order5**: Minister of Munitions
- **term start5**: 25 May 1915
- **term end5**: 9 July 1916
- **primeminister5**: H. H. Asquith
- **predecessor5**: Minister of Munitions, Office created
- **successor5**: Edwin Montagu
- **order4**: Secretary of State for War
- **term start4**: 6 July 1916
- **term end4**: 5 December 1916
- **primeminister4**: H. H. Asquith
- **predecessor4**: Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, The Earl Kitchener
- **successor4**: Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, The Earl of Derby
- **order7**: President of the Board of Trade
- **term start7**: 10 December 1905
- **term end7**: 12 April 1908
- **primeminister7**: Henry Campbell-Bannerman
H. H. Asquith
- **predecessor7**: James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, The Marquess of Salisbury
- **successor7**: Winston Churchill
- **order6**: Chancellor of the Exchequer
- **term start6**: 12 April 1908
- **term end6**: 25 May 1915
- **primeminister6**: H. H. Asquith
- **predecessor6**: H. H. Asquith
- **successor6**: Reginald McKenna
- **office8**: Father of the House
- **term start8**: 31 May 1929
- **term end8**: 13 February 1945
- **predecessor8**: T. P. O'Connor
- **successor8**: Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton, The Earl Winterton
- **constituency mp9**: Caernarfon (UK Parliament constituency), Carnarvon Boroughs
- **predecessor9**: Edmund Swetenham
- **successor9**: Seaborne Davies
- **term start9**: 10 April 1890
- **term end9**: 13 February 1945
- **office10**: Member of the House of Lords
<small>Lords Temporal, Lord Temporal</small>
- **term start10**: 1 January 1945
- **term end10**: 26 March 1945
<small>Hereditary peerage</small>
- **predecessor10**: _peerage created_
- **successor10**: Richard Lloyd George, 2nd Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, The 2nd Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
- **birth place**: Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire, England
- **death place**: Tŷ Newydd, Caernarfonshire, Wales
- **resting place**: Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd, Wales
- **profession**: solicitor, politician
- **citizenship**: British nationality law, British
- **nationality**: Welsh people, Welsh
- **party**: Liberal Party (UK), Liberal
National Liberal Party (UK, 1922), National Liberal
- **children**: 5, including Richard Lloyd George, 2nd Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, Richard, Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, Gwilym and Megan Lloyd George, Lady Megan
- **signature**: David Lloyd George Signature.svg
- **signature alt**: Cursive signature in ink