History of liberalism for elderly workers, thereby laying the groundwork for the future British welfare state. The People's Budget of 1909, championed by David Lloyd George and fellow liberal Winston Churchill, introduced unprecedented taxes on the wealthy in Britain and radical social welfare programmes to the country's policies. It was the first budget with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the public. It imposed increased taxes on luxuries, liquor, tobacco, incomes, and land, – taxation that disproportionately affected the rich – so that money could be made available for new welfare programmes as well as new battleships. In 1911 Lloyd George succeeded
George Lloyd (RAF officer) war". After the war, Lloyd emigrated to the United States, where in 1935 he married Martha Boswell (1905–1958), one of The Boswell Sisters, a popular singing trio. Lloyd died in Peekskill, New York, on 15 July 1955. Citations Bibliography George Lloyd (RAF officer) Major George Lawrence Lloyd (1 October 1892 – 15 July 1955) was a Rhodesian-born flying ace of the First World War, credited with eight aerial victories. Lloyd was born in Rhodesia in 1892, which at that time a chartered territory of the British South Africa Company. On 19 November 1915 Lloyd was commissioned as a second lieutenant