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He was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom on January 17, 1863. His father, a Welsh schoolmaster, died when David was three, and his mother and her two sons were supported by an uncle, Richard Lloyd, a Baptist minister in North Wales.
David, determined to be a solicitor, studied with a firm in Portmadoc, and in 1884 passed his bar examinations.
During the Boer War, he bitterly opposed England's policy and was called by some "pro-Boer" and by others "little Englander. "
From 1905 to 1908 he was a member of Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet as president of the Board of Trade, and in 1908 Herbert Asquith made him chancellor of the exchequer.
In 1909 he introduced his famous budget imposing increased taxes on luxuries, incomes, and land, so that money could be made available for a war on poverty.
In 1911 Lloyd George succeeded in putting through Parliament his National Insurance Act, making provision for sickness and invalidism, and this was followed by his Unemployment Insurance Act.
The fall of Romania increased Lloyd George's discontent and this culminated in a proposal to reorganize the war cabinet, which resulted in Asquith's resignation.
At Versailles, Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, and Georges Clemenceau concluded the peace, with Lloyd George, on the whole, on the side of generosity and moderation.
His pro-Greek policy was a failure because of the Turkish victory of 1922, and the Chanak declaration nearly involving Britain in war.
The Conservatives revolted at this, Lloyd George resigned, and Andrew Bonar Law became prime minister.
He twice refused to join Churchill's wartime cabinet.
His books include War Memoirs (6 vols. , 1933 - 1936) and The Truth About the Peace Treaty (2 vols. , 1938).
Lloyd George was a key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern welfare state. He was a major player at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 that reordered Europe.
In 1944 he was made the first Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor. In 2002 he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote.
Liberal (1890–1916 & 1924–45), National Liberal (1922–23)
He became known for his vigorous attacks on the Conservatives and his championship of Welsh nonconformity and Welsh nationalism. Nevertheless, in the economic depression of the 1930's, Lloyd George was the only political leader to put forward new and constructive ideas for dealing with unemployment. In foreign affairs he was not as wise and supported the policy of appeasement.
He believed Hitler was "the George Washington of Germany"; that he was rearming Germany for defence and not for offensive war
Lloyd George had a considerable reputation as a womaniser, which led to his being nicknamed "the Goat".
He had five children by his first wife, Margaret: Richard (1889–1968), Mair (1890–1907, who died during an appendectomy), Olwen (1892–1990), Gwilym (1894–1967) and Megan (1902–1966). He remained married to Margaret, and remained fond of her until her death.
In October 1943, aged 80, and to the disapproval of his children, he married his secretary and mistress, Frances Stevenson.
