Lloyd-George is 148 PDF Print E-mail

Today is the 148th birthday of David Lloyd-George.
David Lloyd-George PMHe was the United Kingdom's 42nd Prime Minister (1916-22) and serving as Chancellor of the Exchequor (1908-15) he was the man behind the People's Budget which - had it been passed - would have implemented a tax on the value of Britain's land to pay for social security. Instead the struggle with the Lords over the 1909 Budget led to the Parliament Act.

To learn more about Lloyd George, read his biography, browse the Welsh National Library's picture collection or leaf though his 1886 diary.
 

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