David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George
(1863-1945), Prime Minister20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 132 portraits
Lloyd George was elected Liberal MP for Carnarvon Boroughs in 1890, a seat he held for fifty-five years. He became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1908. In 1909 he introduced old-age pensions and, in 1911, the National Insurance Act, a scheme against ill-health and unemployment. He backed the war in defence of Belgium in 1914 and in 1916 became Prime Minister. He is remembered as one of Britain's greatest wartime leaders. He remained Prime Minister in a coalition government until 1922. A celebrated orator, his last speech in the House of Commons in 1940 attacked Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, and helped bring about the succession of Winston Churchill.
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by James Russell & Sons, published by The Shenley Real Photo Post Card (Percy Redjeb)
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x197802
by E.H. Mills, published by R. Llewellyn Jones
halftone postcard print, 1900s
NPG x197807
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x197811
published by W.A. & S.S. (William Ashton & Sons, Southport)
photogravure postcard print, 1900s-1910s
NPG x197813
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1902
NPG x16033
by George Charles Beresford
platinum print, 1902
NPG x12473
John Elliott Burns; David Lloyd George
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1902
NPG x135489
published by James Valentine & Sons Ltd
halftone postcard print, circa 1905
NPG x197808
'At the Inter-Parliamentary Conference'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 25 July 1906
NPG x135539
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1907
NPG x82169
by George Charles Beresford
photogravure, 1908
NPG x12474
William Kidston; William Booth; David Lloyd George
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, July 1908
NPG x135014
by Underwood & Co, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908-1915
NPG x197801
by John Wickens
bromide postcard print, circa 1908
NPG x197803
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, July 1909
NPG x9184
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, July 1909
NPG x16034
by T. & R. Annan & Sons
photogravure, 1910s
NPG x28743
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 November 1910
NPG x28362
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 November 1910
NPG x81053
Dame Margaret Lloyd George (née Owen); Lady Megan Arfon Lloyd George; David Lloyd George
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 November 1910
NPG x81054
Related People
- Margaret Barrett (née Carey-Evans) (granddaughter)
- Lady Olwen Carey-Evans (née Lloyd George) (daughter)
- Lady Megan Arfon Lloyd George (daughter)
- Dame Margaret Lloyd George (née Owen) (wife)
- Frances Louise Stevenson (wife)
- Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby (son)
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