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David Lloyd George was British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922, the last Liberal to hold the office. He wrote Hearts of the World 1918 and appears in The First World War 2003. He received the Order of Merit and Cross of Liberty. He died of cancer on March 26, 1945 in Wales.
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David Lloyd George was born on 17 January 1863 in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England, UK. His parents were Elizabeth Lloyd and William George. He had two siblings, William George and Mary Ellen Lloyd George. His strong ties to Wales earned him the nickname The Welsh Wizard.
David Lloyd George was British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922, leading Britain through the final years of World War I and the post-war settlement. He helped draft the Treaty of Versailles but believed the terms were too harsh on Germany. In 1920, he oversaw the partition of Ireland. He appeared as himself in Hearts of the World 1918 and appears in the documentary The First World War 2003. He received the Order of Merit and the Cross of Liberty.
David Lloyd George married twice. He married Margaret Owen on 24 January 1888; they were together until her death on 20 January 1941. They had three daughters: Megan Lloyd George, Mair Eluned Lloyd George, and Olwen Elizabeth Lloyd George. After Margaret died, he married Frances Stevenson on 23 October 1943. Stevenson had been his mistress and personal secretary since 1913. They had a daughter, Jennifer Mary Stevenson. His great-grandson David Richard Owen Lloyd George inherited his earldom.
David Lloyd George ranks among Britain’s most significant 20th-century prime ministers. A 1936 visit to Nazi Germany damaged his reputation: he met Adolf Hitler and called him the greatest living German. He was raised to the peerage as Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor on 1 January 1945, months before his death. Despite his pro-German sympathies, his World War I leadership and role in the partition of Ireland define his career. He is remembered as the last Liberal Prime Minister, serving from 1916 to 1922.
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Don’t Be Afraid to Take a Big Step If One Is Indicated; You Can’t Cross a Chasm in Two Small Jumps.
Germany Does Not Want War. Hitler Does Not Want War. He Is a Most Remarkable Personality, One of the Greatest I Have Ever Met in the Whole of My Life, and I Have Met Some Very Great Men. Affection Is a Quite Inadequate Word to Describe the Attitude of the German People Towards Hitler. It Amounts Almost to Worship. I Have Never Seen Anything Like It. Some Men I Met Who Are Not Nazis Told Me That They Did Not Know What the Country Would Have Done Without Him. They Are Inclined to Blame Hitler’s Supporters for Some of the Things Which They Do Not Approve, but There Is No Whisper of Criticism of Hitler. It Is Just Like Our Motto, ‘the King Can Do No Wrong.’
Hitler Is One of the Greatest Men. the Old Trust Him, the Young Idolise Him. It Is the Worship of a Nation Hero Who Has Served His Country.
The Idea of a Germany Intimidating Europe with a Threat That Its Irresistible Army Might March Across Frontiers Forms No Part in the New Vision.
Do Not Let Us Be in a Hurry to Condemn Germany. We Should Be Welcoming Germany as Our Friend.
He Rightly Claimed at Nuremberg That in Four Years His Movement Had Made a New Germany. It Is Not the Germany of the First Decade That Followed the War Broken, Dejected and Bowed Down with a Sense of Apprehension and Impotence. It Is Now Full of Hope and Confidence, and of a Renewed Sense of Determination to Lead Its Own Life Without Interference from Any Influence Outside Its Own Frontiers.
He Is Also Securing Them Against the Constant Dread of Starvation Which Is One of the Most Poignant Memories of the Last Years of the War and the First Years of the Peace. Over 700,000 Died of Sheer Hunger in Those Dark Years.
I Have Never Met a Happier People Than the Germans and Hitler Is One of the Greatest Men.
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As British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922, Lloyd George was the last Liberal to hold the office.
Lloyd George offered asylum to the Romanov family in March 1917 after Tsar Nicholas II abdicated, but King George V intervened and forced him to withdraw the offer due to fears of popular unrest.
From 1923 until Lloyd George’s death, Albert Sylvester served as his Principal Private Secretary.
Robert Lloyd George is his great-grandson.
On 1 January 1945, Lloyd George was created Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor; the title is now held by his great-grandson David Richard Owen Lloyd George, born in 1951.
His second wife, Frances Stevenson, was originally hired as a governess for his youngest daughter; she became his mistress and secretary from 1913, and he may have fathered her daughter Jennifer Mary Stevenson 1929-2012.
In 1920, during the Anglo-Irish War, Lloyd George oversaw the partition of Ireland.
Lloyd George ranks among Britain’s most significant 20th-century prime ministers, but his reputation suffered after a 1936 visit to Nazi Germany where he met Adolf Hitler and called him the greatest living German. His pro-German stance made him mistrusted during World War II, similar to the Duke of Windsor who visited Germany in 1937.
John Grigg wrote a three-volume biography of Lloyd George; Grigg’s father had been Lloyd George’s Private Secretary from 1921 to 1922.
In 1934, Lloyd George warned that Hitler should not be overthrown, as communism would take his place, which he believed would be more efficient than Soviet communism.
Lloyd George attempted to justify Hitler’s remilitarisation of the Rhineland in 1936.
In November 1939, Lloyd George was dissuaded from sending Hitler a congratulatory letter after Hitler survived an assassination attempt.
Lloyd George believed the Treaty of Versailles was too harsh on Germany, but Woodrow Wilson and Georges Clemenceau overruled his objections and insisted on signing it.
Megan Lloyd George was his daughter.
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