Remembering John Roberts
We are sad to report that John Roberts, a founding member of the Welsh Liberal Weekend Schools, the predecessor organisation to the Lloyd George Society has died. John had apparently been very poorly since suffering a heart attack and stroke after surgery in March. His funeral will take place on Monday 23 November in Richmond […]
Death of Peter Borrow
Members and supporters of the Society will be saddened to hear of the death of our member Peter Borrow from Cardiff. Peter often attended weekend schools in the company of his friend Bob Tilley. Unfortunately Peter had been ill for nearly two years and was unable to attend the last school in February 2020. His […]
A reminder of a former weekend school
Lloyd George Society member Gwynoro Jones, a founder member of the Social Democratic Party, and Alliance by-election candidate has sent the Society a memento of the weekend school held in May 1986 at the Abernant Lake Hotel in Llanwyrtd Wells – for many years the Society’s mid-Wales venue for our annual meetings. This elegant poster […]
Lloyd George – Welsh Political Icon
Theo Davies Lewis, the Welsh Communications Executive and political commentator, has produced an excellent podcast essay about David Lloyd George, possibly, the greatest Welsh political icon in history. You can listen to the article online at https://audioboom.com/posts/7660221-welsh-political-icons-david-lloyd-george
Davies Lewis has also written about Lloyd George for the Spectator magazine entitled . You can view this article […]
130 years since Lloyd George was first elected Parliament – event planned for November
To mark the 130th anniversary of the election to Parliament of David Lloyd George at the Caernarvon Boroughs by-election of 1890, the Lloyd George Society, together with the National Library of Wales, is planning an event at the National Library in Aberystwyth on the afternoon of Saturday 14 November 2020.
There will be a talk about […]
Final programme for the next weekend school, 15-16 February at the Hotel Commodore, Llandrindod Wells
The final preparations are now in place for the Lloyd George Society’s annual weekend school, which will take place on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 February (the weekend without rugby union internationals) at our usual recent venue, the Hotel Commodore, Spa Road, Llandrindod Wells.
This year we are delighted to welcome back Britain’s foremost scholar of […]
Nadolig Llawen a Blyddwyn Newydd Hapus
The President, Vice-Presidents and officers of the Lloyd George Society would like to wish all our members, supporters and visitors to our website a very merry and happy, healthy and successful New Year.
We look forward to meeting old friends at the 2020 weekend school at Llandrindod Wells in February and hope to welcome some […]
New collections at the Welsh Political Archive
The Welsh Political Archive at the National Library of Wales has had a busy year and has added a number of new sets of political papers and ephemera to its collections, a couple of which are of direct interest to Society members.
Most importantly is a collection of twenty-two speeches made by Dame Margaret Lloyd George […]
Lady Megan Lloyd George honoured with commemorative plaque
Lady Megan Lloyd George, the charismatic daughter of a charismatic father; Liberal MP for Anglesey from 1929-1951, and the first ever female MP in Wales, has been commemorated as part of a campaign to raise awareness about the importance of the role of women in Welsh life.Lady Megan is one of a number of remarkable […]
The Financial Affairs of David Lloyd George by Ian Ivatt – Book review
Do people really care where their politicians get their money? Certainly at times of extraordinary scrutiny like the MPs’ expenses scandal of 2009, the anger and revulsion for the ways in which MPs claimed public money tarred the reputation of politicians of all parties and led to the ending of some careers. It is also […]
