David Lloyd George was a Welsh Liberal statesman who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922, leading the country through the final years of the First World War. Before the war he had been a driving force behind early twentieth-century social reforms that laid the foundations of the British welfare state. As prime minister he coordinated Allied strategy, played a leading role at the Paris Peace Conference following the armistice, and negotiated the creation of the Irish Free State, before his coalition government collapsed when Conservative partners withdrew their support in 1922.
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He was British prime minister from 1916 to 1922, and had earlier played a central role in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern welfare state.
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17 January 1863
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26 March 1945
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Before the war he had been a driving force behind early twentieth-century social reforms that laid the foundations of the British welfare state.
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David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (17 January 1863-26 March 1945), was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. A Liberal Party politician from Wales, he was known for leading the
Participant In: Treaty of Versailles, Lead section, Paris Peace Conference participation
Lloyd George was a leading participant at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, but the situation in Ireland worsened, erupting into the Irish War of Independence, which lasted until Lloyd George negotiated independence for the Irish Free State in 1921.
In Era: The Late Modern Period, lead paragraph, lifespan
Infobox: born 1863-1-17; died 1945-3-26
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Wikidata Q134982, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikipedia: John Maynard Keynes
WikipediaRelated To: John Maynard Keynes, Versailles peace conference section, Lloyd George and food suppliesQuote, Related To: John Maynard Keynes, Versailles peace conference section, Lloyd George and food supplies
Lloyd George did, however, win some loyalty from Keynes with his actions at the Paris conference by intervening against the French to ensure the dispatch of much-needed food supplies to German civilians.
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