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David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, the first Welshman to hold the office. He was Chancellor to Herbert Asquith, but took over as PM when Asquith resiged following disagreements over wartime policy in the middle of WW1.
Lloyd George saw Britain to victory in the war, attended the Treaty of Versailles and secured massive war reparations for the UK from Germany, but was voted out in October 1922 to be replaced by the Conservative Andrew Bonar Law.
David Lloyd George
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When did David Lloyd George become prime minister?
December 1916.
When was rationing introduced?
In 1918 sugar meat margarine butter and jam were rationed. It was introduced by the Ministry of Food which Lloyd George set up when he became Prime Minister in 1916.
Was Winston prime minister in both world wars?
No. When World War II began in 1939, the UK Prime Minister was Neville Chamberlain. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940, and shortly before the war ended in 1945, Churchill was succeeded by Clement Attlee. At the opening of World War One, the Prime minister of the UK was Herbert Henry Asquith. He was succeeded by David Lloyd George in 1916.
What date was Herbert Asquith primem inister?
Asquith was Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916.
Who represented Britain in the Treaty of Versailles?
At the start of world War I, the Prime Minister was H.H. Asquith. He was replaced on 7th December 1916 by David Lloyd George who remained Prime Minister until 19th October 1922. Britain joined the war in August 1914 and it ended on 11th November 1918.
