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Dame Margaret Lloyd George GBE JP (née Owen; 4 November 1864 – 20 January 1941) was a Welsh humanitarian and one of the first seven women magistrates appointed in Britain in 1919. She was the wife of Prime Minister David Lloyd George from 1888 until her death in 1941.
Born Margaret Owen in Mynyddednyfed, Wales; died in January 1941; daughter of a prosperous Methodist farmer; became first wife of David Lloyd George (1863–1945, British prime minister, and one of the most dominant international figures of the early 20th century), on January 24, 1888; children: (two sons and three daughters) Richard, Mair ...
Margaret Lloyd George (1866-1941) was the first wife of David Lloyd George, the British prime minister and a dominant international figure in early 20th century. She had a difficult marriage due to his infidelities, including a 30-year affair with his secretary.
A highly readable, in-depth analysis of the public life of Dame Margaret in her time as wife of the Prime Minister. After a brief intro on her wartime public activities, the book brings to the fore her active political campaigning during Lloyd George's peacetime Premiership from 1918 to 1922.
The family backgrounds of both David and Margaret Lloyd George placed them in the social stratum that desired to take the leadership of the democratic Welsh people or gwerin.
Despite this British context, the Lloyd George family did retain its Welshness, not least through the deliberate and conscious actions of Margaret Lloyd George, the children’s mother.
20 de nov. de 2022 · The book The Campaigns of Margaret Lloyd George: The Wife of the Prime Minister 1916-1922 by Richard Rhys O'Brien explores the life and achievements of the Welsh-born wife of David Lloyd George, the last Liberal Prime Minister. It reveals her role in politics, charity, temperance and Welsh culture during a turbulent period of British history.
