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David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George - The 'Welsh Wizard' - raised in a cobbler's cottage in Llanystumdwy, near Criccieth - was a champion of the poor and disenfranchised. Lloyd George stated, “Four spectres haunt the Poor — Old Age, Accident, Sickness and Unemployment". He was the founder of the Welfare State. His introduction of the Old Age Pensions and National Insurance was a great gift to the people of Britain. Standing up to the House of Lords, when they sought to block his reforms, was a monumental contribution to British democracy.
Lloyd George was the man who, as Minister of Munitions, Minister for War and eventually Prime Minister, helped to lead Britain through The Great War, and whose courage strengthened the nation's resolve in its darkest hours. In its aftermath, he played an important role in encouraging world leaders to sign the Treaty of Versailles.
Yet controversy was never far away and still continues to be the subject of much debate.
It must always be remembered that this was the first British politician to rise from humble origins to Number 10 Downing Street. The only Welshman to hold office of Prime Minister. His upbringing was crucial to the formulation and execution of his radical ideas later in life. He never forgot what it was to be poor, and he had a burning desire to improve the lives of the working class people.
Bust of David Lloyd George by Kathleen Scott outside the Lloyd George Museum, Llanystumdwy. This bronze bust was unveiled during the official opening ceremony of the Lloyd George Museum on 30th May 1960.
[Photograph appeared in the BBC History Magazine Vol 11, no 6 June 2010 (p.86).]
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George - The 'Welsh Wizard' - raised in a cobbler's cottage in Llanystumdwy, near Criccieth - was a champion of the poor and disenfranchised. Lloyd George stated, “Four spectres haunt the Poor — Old Age, Accident, Sickness and Unemployment". He was the founder of the Welfare State. His introduction of the Old Age Pensions and National Insurance was a great gift to the people of Britain. Standing up to the House of Lords, when they sought to block his reforms, was a monumental contribution to British democracy.
Lloyd George was the man who, as Minister of Munitions, Minister for War and eventually Prime Minister, helped to lead Britain through The Great War, and whose courage strengthened the nation's resolve in its darkest hours. In its aftermath, he played an important role in encouraging world leaders to sign the Treaty of Versailles.
Yet controversy was never far away and still continues to be the subject of much debate.
It must always be remembered that this was the first British politician to rise from humble origins to Number 10 Downing Street. The only Welshman to hold office of Prime Minister. His upbringing was crucial to the formulation and execution of his radical ideas later in life. He never forgot what it was to be poor, and he had a burning desire to improve the lives of the working class people.
Bust of David Lloyd George by Kathleen Scott outside the Lloyd George Museum, Llanystumdwy. This bronze bust was unveiled during the official opening ceremony of the Lloyd George Museum on 30th May 1960.
[Photograph appeared in the BBC History Magazine Vol 11, no 6 June 2010 (p.86).]