The Viscount Tenby | |
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 Lloyd George in 1922 | |
| Home Secretary Minister of Welsh Affairs | |
| In office 19 October 1954 – 14 January 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill Anthony Eden |
| Preceded by | Sir David Maxwell Fyfe |
| Succeeded by | Rab Butler (Home Office) Henry Brooke (Welsh Affairs) |
| Minister of Food | |
| In office 31 October 1951 – 18 October 1954 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Maurice Webb |
| Succeeded by | Derick Heathcoat-Amory |
| Minister of Fuel and Power | |
| In office 3 June 1942 – 26 July 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Manny Shinwell |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food | |
| In office 22 October 1940 – 3 June 1942 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Robert Boothby |
| Succeeded by | William Mabane |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | |
| In office 6 September 1939 – 8 February 1941 | |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Ronald Cross |
| Succeeded by | Charles Waterhouse |
| In office 3 September 1931 – 27 October 1931 | |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Walter Smith |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Hore-Belisha |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 27 February 1957 – 14 February 1967 as ahereditary peer | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Viscount Tenby |
| Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne North | |
| In office 25 October 1951 – 14 January 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Cuthbert Headlam |
| Succeeded by | William Elliott |
| Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire | |
| In office 30 May 1929 – 23 February 1950 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Price |
| Succeeded by | Desmond Donnelly |
| Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire | |
| In office 15 November 1922 – 29 October 1924 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Evan Davies Jones |
| Succeeded by | Charles Price |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gwilym Lloyd George (1894-12-04)4 December 1894 Criccieth, Wales |
| Died | 14 February 1967(1967-02-14) (aged 72) |
| Political party | Liberal National Liberal |
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| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby,TD, PC, later hyphenatedLloyd-George (4 December 1894 – 14 February 1967), was a Welsh politician and cabinet minister. The younger son ofDavid Lloyd George, he served asHome Secretary from 1954 to 1957.[1]
Born inCriccieth in NorthWales, Lloyd George was the second son ofLiberal Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George and his first wife,Margaret, daughter of Richard Owen. His sisterMegan was also active in politics, but the two moved in opposite political directions: Gwilym to the right, towards the Conservatives, and Megan to the left, eventually joining the Labour Party.[1]
Educated atEastbourne College andJesus College, Cambridge, Lloyd George was commissioned into the 6th BattalionRoyal Welch Fusiliers in 1914.[2] In 1915 he becameaide-de-camp toMajor-General Ivor Philipps, commander of the38th (Welsh) Division.[citation needed] He transferred to the Anti-Aircraft branch of theRoyal Garrison Artillery in 1916[3] and rose to the rank of major,[4] being known for most of his political career as Major Lloyd George. He was alsomentioned in despatches.
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Leaving the army in 1918, Lloyd George found employment working with his father in the post war coalition government. This also included being a trustee for David Lloyd George's National Liberal Political Fund.
Lloyd George was Member of Parliament (MP) forPembrokeshire from 1922 to 1924, and again from 1929 to 1950. He was initially elected as aNational Liberal,[5] but then joined the re-united Liberal Party in 1923. In 1931, Lloyd George initially took ministerial office asParliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in theNational Government ofRamsay Macdonald, but resigned when his father David Lloyd George withdrew his support from the government. Gwilym Lloyd George was subsequently a member of theIndependent Liberal group from 1931 to 1935, who were opposed to the continuation of the National Government. This group then subsequently returned to the main Liberal Party following the1935 general election.
In 1939, Lloyd George joinedNeville Chamberlain's government for the same post he resigned from in 1931. From then on Lloyd George operated in effect as an independent Liberal. In 1941, he was appointed to the office ofParliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food and thenMinister of Fuel and Power in 1942. Lloyd George stayed in the post until the1945 general election[6] It was after the death of his father in 1945 that Gwilym began hyphenating his surname asLloyd-George.
Following the 1945 general election in which he stood as a 'Liberal and Conservative', and was returned by a majority of 168, Lloyd George was approached by the Liberal Party and its rival theLiberal National Party[7] to chair their respective political organisations. Lloyd George turned them both down.Winston Churchill offered him a position in the Conservative Party'sShadow cabinet but was allowed to remain as a 'Liberal'. In 1946 Lloyd-George formally lost the Liberal Party whip.[8]
From this point onwards he did not associate with his erstwhile Liberal colleagues (who included his sisterLady Megan) and he was openly supported by Conservatives in his constituency. In early January 1950 he was publicly disowned by the Liberal Party for supporting Conservative candidates in constituencies contested by a Liberal candidate.[8]
Lloyd-George lost his seat (standing as a National Liberal and Conservative) in the1950 general election. The Liberal Party did not field a candidate against him but this time Lloyd George lost to aLabour Party candidateDesmond Donnelly by 129 votes.[8] His career in Welsh politics at an end, a year later Lloyd-George returned to parliament as aNational Liberal forNewcastle upon Tyne North in the1951 general election. His candidature was backed by Churchill although disgruntled Conservatives in the local party supported an independent against Lloyd George.[citation needed]
Returning to office, Prime MinisterWinston Churchill appointed himMinister of Food 1951–1954, andHome Secretary andMinister for Welsh Affairs from 1954 until his retirement in 1957. Lloyd-George was raised to the peerage asViscount Tenby, of Bulford in the County of Pembroke, on 12 February 1957[9] and took his seat in the House of Lords on 27 February.[10]
In 1955, during his time as Home Secretary, he had refused to commute the death sentence imposed onRuth Ellis; she was the last woman to be executed in the UK.[11]
Lloyd George married Edna Gwenfron, daughter of David Jones, in 1921. They had two children:David Lloyd George, 2nd Viscount Tenby (1922–1983), andWilliam Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby (1927–2023). He died aged 72, and was succeeded by his eldest son, David.
Lady Tenby died in 1971.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forPembrokeshire 1922–1924 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forPembrokeshire 1929–1950 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forNewcastle upon Tyne North 1951–1957 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food 1941–1942 | Succeeded by |
| New title Split off fromBoard of Trade | Minister of Fuel and Power 1942–1945 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Food 1951–1954 | Succeeded byas Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
| Preceded by | Home Secretary 1954–1957 | Succeeded by |
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| New creation | Viscount Tenby 1957–1967 | Succeeded by |
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