Wales, Lloyd George and the Treaty of Versailles
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Two new articles covering aspects of the Treaty of Versailles, the role of David Lloyd George and the impact of the peace on the Welsh economy have been published by BBC Wales on their website. One is in English and concerns the impact of the Treaty on the Welsh coal economy. The other is in […]
Death of Society Vice-President, (Lord) Geoff Tordoff
Members and supporters of the Society will be greatly saddened to hear of the death of Lord Tordoff who had been a Vice President of the Lloyd George Society for many years, and who, until his health worsened, was a regular attender at Society weekend schools,
A substantial obituary of Lord Tordoff, who was one of […]
David Lloyd George and the Treaty of Versailles – a Joyce Arram Memorial Lecture
The Lloyd George Society will be holding a meeting on the evening of Monday 25 November 2019 in the Lady Violet Room at the National Liberal Club to mark the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles and to look back at the role played by David Lloyd George at the Paris Peace Conference and […]
Exhibition at the South Wales Miners Museum – Opens 25 March
The South Wales Miners’ Museum officially opened in 1976 and was the first mining Museum in Wales. The Museum is located within the beautiful Afan Valley six miles from the town of Port Talbot and is one of the many attractions to be found within the Afan Forest Park.
The Museum is a registered charity run […]
Happy St David’s Day – Ddyd Gwyl Dewi Hapus
The Lloyd George Society would like to wish all members, supporters and visitors to our website a very happy St David’s Day. You don’t have to be Welsh to celebrate.
Lloyd George was my brother – article from the Guardian Archive
In February 1965 the Guardian reporter (later editor) Peter Preston published an interview with the older brother of David Lloyd George, William George as he approached his 100th birthday. George shared memories of his brother and mused on Welsh nationalism and political life.
The Guardian has recently republished this interveiw and it makes for fascinating reading. […]
Joyce Arram remembered
Society members and supporters will be terribly saddened by the news that one of our most stalwart members and an officer of the Society for many years, Joyce Arram, passed away last year. Joyce will be remembered with fondness. She brought humour and insight and a wealth of knowledge and experience over a lifetime as […]
History, politics and debate in glorious mid-Wales – weekend school programme for 2019
A lively weekend of presentations and debate, in comfortable surroundings, friendly company, good food and all in the glory of the mid-Wales landscape.
Our programme for the Lloyd George Society weekend school has been announced. The school will take place at our usual welcoming venue, the Hotel Commodore in Llandrindod Wells on Saturday 16 and Sunday […]
David Lloyd George – The Truth Against the World
Three Prime Ministers held their parliamentary constituencies in Wales, David Lloyd George, Ramsay MacDonald and James Callaghan. MacDonald and Callaghan today are rarely mentioned but Lloyd George’s name remains almost constantly on politicians’ lips in the UK and across the world. This was not just because he was ‘the man who won the war’. Lloyd […]
David Lloyd George – the Welshman Who Won the War
It is November 1918 and the reputation of David Lloyd George could not have been higher. His Conservative opposite number, Andrew Bonar Law, at one time said that he could be prime minister for life if he wanted to. Yet as we commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the ending of the First World War, […]
