David Lloyd George land ownership. By the age of twenty-one, he had already read and taken notes on Henry George's "Progress and Poverty". This strongly influenced Lloyd George's politics later in life; the People's Budget drew heavily on Georgist tax reform ideas. Articled to a firm of solicitors in Porthmadog, Lloyd George was admitted in 1884 after taking Honours in his final law examination and set up his own practice in the back parlour of his uncle's house in 1885. The practice flourished, and he established branch offices in surrounding towns, taking his brother William into partnership in 1887. Although many Prime Ministers
Margaret Lloyd George illness following a fall when she injured her hip. Margaret Lloyd George Dame Margaret Lloyd George ("née" Owen; 4 November 1864 – 20 January 1941) was the wife of British statesman David Lloyd George from 1888 until her death in 1941. She was born on 4 November 1864 to Richard Owen, an elder of Capel Mawr of Criccieth, Caernarfonshire, a well-to-do Methodist farmer and valuer. She was educated at Dr Williams' School for Girls, Dolgelley. On 1 January 1888, she married Lloyd George. Her father initially disapproved of him. They had five children: In 1918, during her husband's premiership, Margaret