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David Lloyd George (1863-1945)
David Lloyd George ©Lloyd George was one of the great reforming British chancellors of the 20th century and prime minister from 1916 to 1922.
David Lloyd George was born in Manchester on 17 January 1863, son of a schoolmaster.
His father died when he was young and his mother took him to Wales to be raised. He became a lifelong Welsh nationalist.
A person who served as Prime Minister of Britain during World War I. He is regarded as the person who presented the blueprint for the modern welfare state.
He qualified as a solicitor and in 1890 was elected Liberal member of parliament for Caernarvon, a seat he held until 1945. He quickly became known for his radicalism and earned notoriety for his opposition to the Boer War.
In 1905, the prime minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, appointed Lloyd George as president of the Board of Trade. In 1908, he was named chancellor of the exchequer in the government of HH Asquith. Lloyd George's 1909 budget has been called the 'people's budget' since it provided for social insurance that was to be partly financed by land and income taxes.
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