The author, Charles Stephenson, has kindly agreed that we can publish a recent article that he has written. Although far from conventionally religious, Churchill had long considered himself under the ...

Professor Richard Toye, author of the classic Churchill and Lloyd George: Rivals for Greatness, and author and historian Dr Warren Dockter, have announced a major new series of their podcast Churchill...

Robert Lloyd George’s play Winston and David, a sell-out hit at Edinburgh in 2022, will have a limited run at London’s Tabard Theatre in Chiswick this August. The play is performed by Maverick Theatre...

The BBC and The Guardian have both recently reported that Sir Keir Starmer was the first serving British PM to receive the French Legion of Honour. Both are wrong. David Lloyd George was invested as Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour in 1920. Grand Cordon was the secularist Third republic’s name for the Legion’s […]

Martin Shipton, friend of the Lloyd George Society and our recent after-dinner speaker, has written an article for Nation.Cymru, highlighting the decline in the number of Welsh Liberal Democrat peers....

Our man on the ground, Cllr William (Bill) Powell, attended the unveiling of the Rhodri Morgan statue at the Pierhead in Cardiff. Rhodri Morgan was the First Minister of Wales from 2000-2009 and steer...

Last week, the Lloyd George Society was saddened to hear about the death of our friend and colleague, Michael Meadowcroft, after a short illness. I first came across Michael’s name whilst undertaking ...

Damian Collins OBE, Friend of the Lloyd George Society and former MP, will be talking about his book, Rivals in the Storm – How Lloyd George Seized Power, Won the War and Lost his Government, at the H...

Richard Rhys O’Brien, Margaret Lloyd George’s biographer and friend of the Society, gave a talk to a packed audience yesterday in the aptly named ‘Lloyd George Room’ at the National Museum of Wales. O...

Richard R. O’Brien, friend of the Lloyd George Society, will be continuing his series of talks on Margaret Lloyd George, the subject of his two acclaimed books The Woman Who Helped Win the War and The...

The weekend of 6 March 2026 signalled a change in the Lloyd George Society. For the first time in many years, we held our meeting at a new venue – the Lake Country House Hotel & Spa in Llangammarch We...

Here you will find some further information for our guest speakers.

Booking Instructions Lloyd George Society – Annual Weekend Event 2026 – March 7-8 2026 We are delighted to share with you the programme for the Lloyd George Society’s 2026 Weekend, on the attached fil...

Don’t worry, this is not ‘It’s a Wonderful Life‘ colourised. It’s a lot classier than that! Professor Russell Deacon, the Chair of Cymdeithas Lloyd George/The Lloyd George Society, has put his editing...

From Lord Mark Pack’s blog: January 1, 1909 saw the first state pensions come into force in the UK, thanks to David Lloyd George and the Liberal government elected in the 1906 landslide. Introduced by...

Admiral Bradley reportedly told lawmakers in a briefing that the boat was headed towards Suriname, not the U.S. when hit

Booking Instructions Lloyd George Society – Annual Weekend Event 2026 – March 7-8 2026 We are delighted to share with you the programme for the Lloyd George Society’s 2026 Weekend, on the attached fil...

We’d like to bring to your attention a programme on S4C and the S4C/Clic website that delves into the secrets of the National Library of Wales. Our Chair, Professor Russell Deacon, writes: Cyfrinachau...

David Lloyd George was the Prime Minister who ‘Won the War,’ started the Welfare State and championed radical policies that are the bedrock of Liberalism and our society. Yet, there is another aspect ...

Cymdeithas Lloyd George/The Lloyd George Society would like to mark the 40th anniversary Richard Livsey’s historic win in the Brecon & Radnorshire By-election. The by-election was called after the dea...

Richard O’Brien, the biographer of Margaret Lloyd George, has been in touch to say that he has noticed a portrait of Megan Lloyd George is up for sale. It was painted by Evan Walters and has been in t...

Mark Drakeford, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language and former First Minister of Wales is to deliver a speech on “Lloyd George: Taxation and the Land.” The speech will take place at t...

Cymdeithas Lloyd George/The Lloyd George Society is pleased to here that the Lloyd George Museum in Llanystumdwy has reopened following a £280,000 refit. Please support this vital piece of Welsh polit...

Councillor and former Member of the Senedd William (Bill) Powell has been named Chairman of Powys County Council for the next year. Bill is a committee member, a good friend of the Lloyd George Societ...

Following on from our post about the retirement of the longest-serving member of Powys Council, Cllr Gareth Morgan, we are delighted to see that he has passed the baton to Powys’ youngest councillor, ...

Author and historian Richard R. O’Brien reports on the recent meeting between Damian Collins and Tim Bouverie. During the 14-17th May Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words, Damian Collins, author of ...

Councillor Gareth Morgan is standing down after 52 years of service to Llanidloes on Powys County Council. First elected as a Liberal to Montgomery County Council in 1970, he is the only councillor to...