David Lloyd George access to the Cabinet so as to bypass Kitchener. However, he did succeed in securing the appointment of Sir Eric Geddes to take charge of military railways behind British lines in France, with the honorary rank of major-general. Lloyd George told a journalist, Roy W. Howard, in late September that "the fight must be to a finish – to a knockout", a rejection of President Wilson's offer to mediate. Lloyd George was increasingly frustrated at the limited gains of the Somme Offensive, criticising General Haig to Ferdinand Foch on a visit to the Western Front in September (British casualty ratios
William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby DSO. They have two daughters and one son: The Hon. Timothy Lloyd George, Sara and Clare. Tenby stood down from the House of Lords on 1 May 2015. Retirement of peers was enabled following the House of Lords Reform Act 2014: Tenby's retirement as a Crossbench hereditary peer triggered a by-election, which was won by Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans. William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby, JP (born 7 November 1927) is a British peer and former Army officer. Tenby was elected one of the initial ninety hereditary peers to remain in the House