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8 lug 2024 · by Lord Beaverbrook. In the two great wars of the Twentieth Century, Britain found a leader when defeat was staring her in the face. Both Lloyd George and Churchill led the nation to victory in the face of desperate perils. But they were of very different character and faced different difficulties.
3 giorni fa · Andrew Bonar Law ( / ˈbɒnərˈlɔː / BONN-ər; [1] 16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1922 to May 1923. Law was born in the British colony of New Brunswick (now a Canadian province).
3 giorni fa · Lloyd George tried to use force at Chanak but lost support and was forced to step down as prime minister. Curzon remained as foreign secretary and helped tie down loose ends in the Middle East at the peace conference at Lausanne.
20 giu 2024 · The result was that Labour MPs felt, often justifiably, that the Liberals were unbearable snobs; and, in the case of Lloyd George and his followers, corrupt, dishonest hypocrites.
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5 lug 2024 · A. J. Sylvester, David Lloyd George's private secretary from 1921 until 1945, and who therefore should have had a better opportunity than most to reach a judgement, was, like most historians who have tried to come to terms with the Welshman's energetic and enigmatic character, baffled by it.
27 giu 2024 · The Liberal Party’s “Terrible Twins” in 1907, the beginning of their collaboration as radical social reformers. The following year, Churchill replaced Lloyd George as President of the Board of Trade, while the Welshman became Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Wikimedia Commons)
2 giorni fa · He was Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1917–1921) and President of the Board of Trade (1921–1922) in the coalition ministry of David Lloyd George and then rose rapidly: in 1922, Baldwin was one of the prime movers in the withdrawal of Conservative support from Lloyd George; he subsequently became Chancellor of the Exchequer ...
