Lloyd George's Total War Victory

David Lloyd George

British politician and Liberal Party leader from Wales. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1908 to 1915 and as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. He championed social reform, laying the foundations of the modern welfare state through the People's Budget of 1909 and the National Insurance Act 1911. During World War I, he served as Minister of Munitions and leader of the War Cabinet before becoming Prime Minister, establishing a total war system and playing a major role in the Allied victory. After the war, he attended the Paris Peace Conference and was involved in the conclusion of the Treaty of Versailles and the establishment of the Irish Free State. He is the only Welshman to have served as British Prime Minister, as well as the only one to have spoken Welsh as his first language.

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Year	David Lloyd George
1863	Birth of David Lloyd George (Period: January 17, 1863, Location: Manchester, England)
1884	Qualification as a Solicitor (David Lloyd George, Age: 20 years old, Period: 1884, Location: North Wales, UK)
1888	Marriage (David Lloyd George, Margaret Owen, Age: 25 years old, Period: January 24, 1888, Location: North Wales, UK)
1890	Campaign for Disestablishment of the Church in Wales (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1890s–1920, Location: Wales, UK) Election to Parliament (David Lloyd George, Age: 27 years old, Period: April 1890, Location: Caernarvon Boroughs, UK)
1899	Liberal Party Split over the Boer War (Age: 35 years old, Period: 1899–1902, Location: UK and South Africa)
1905	President of the Board of Trade (David Lloyd George, Age: 41 years old, Period: 1905–1908, Location: Whitehall, London, UK)
1908	Chancellor of the Exchequer (David Lloyd George, Age: 44 years old, Period: 1908–1915, Location: HM Treasury, London, UK)
1909	1909 People's Budget Crisis (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1909–1911, Location: Westminster, London, UK) Introduction of the People's Budget (Age: 46 years old, Period: April 1909–1910, Location: Westminster, London, UK)
1911	Passage of the National Insurance Act (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1911, Location: UK)
1912	Marconi Scandal (Age: 48 years old, Period: 1912–1913, Location: London, UK)
1915	World War I Shell Crisis (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1915, Location: London, UK and Western Front) Minister of Munitions (David Lloyd George, Age: 52 years old, Period: May 1915–1916, Location: London, UK)
1916	Post-Easter Rising Irish Question (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1916–1918, Location: Dublin, Ireland) Strengthening of the War Cabinet and Total War Movement (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1916–1918, Location: London, UK and Western Front) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (David Lloyd George, Age: 53 years old, Period: December 6, 1916, Location: London, UK)
1917	Russian Civil War (Age: 53 years old, Period: 1917–1922, Location: Former Territories of the Russian Empire)
1918	1918 General Election and the "Coupon Election" (David Lloyd George, Age: 55 years old, Period: December 1918, Location: UK)
1919	Greco-Turkish War (Age: 55 years old, Period: 1919–1922, Location: Anatolia, Eastern Thrace, and Aegean Area) Irish War of Independence (Age: 55 years old, Period: 1919–1921, Location: Ireland) Paris Peace Conference (Age: 55 years old, Period: 1919, Location: Paris, France) Treaty of Versailles (Age: 56 years old, Period: June 1919, Location: Versailles, France)
1920	Liberal Party Rebuilding Movement and the "New Deal" Proposal (Age: 56 years old, Period: 1920s–1930s, Location: UK)
1921	Anglo-Irish Treaty and Establishment of the Irish Free State (Age: 58 years old, Period: December 1921–1922, Location: London, UK and Ireland)
1922	Chanak Crisis (Age: 59 years old, Period: September–October 1922, Location: Chanak (present-day Çanakkale), Turkey) Collapse of the Lloyd George Coalition (Age: 59 years old, Period: October 1922, Location: London, UK) Resignation as Prime Minister (David Lloyd George, Age: 59 years old, Period: October 19, 1922, Location: London, UK)
1936	Meeting with Adolf Hitler (Age: 73 years old, Period: August 1936, Location: Berchtesgaden, Germany)
1943	Marriage (David Lloyd George, Frances Louise Stevenson, Age: 80 years old, Period: October 23, 1943, Location: Wales, UK)
1945	Elevation to Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (Age: 81 years old, Period: January 1945, Location: UK) Death of David Lloyd George (Age: 82 years old, Period: March 26, 1945)

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French Politics	Raymond Poincaré Georges Clemenceau René Viviani Alexandre Millerand Aristide Briand Joseph Caillaux
British Politics	Herbert Henry Asquith David Lloyd George Horatio Herbert Kitchener Andrew Bonar Law Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Andrew Bonar Law
Poet and Writer	Wilfred Owen Siegfried Sassoon Rupert Brooke Isaac Rosenberg Robert Graves Henri Barbusse Romain Rolland
Science and Medicine	Marie Curie Ernest Rutherford Paul Langevin Charles de Lorme Alexis Carrel

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