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Margaret Lloyd George

Dame Margaret Lloyd George GBE JP (née Owen; 4 November 1864 – 20 January 1941) was a Welsh humanitarian and one of the first seven women magistrates appointed in Britain in 1919.[1] She was the wife of Prime Minister David Lloyd George from 1888 until her death in 1941.[2]

Dame

Margaret Lloyd George

GBE JP

Margaret Owen

(1864-11-04)4 November 1864

20 January 1941(1941-01-20) (aged 76)

Criccieth, Wales

Criccieth Burial Ground

Welsh

Dr Williams' School for Girls

Spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (1916–1922)

Liberal

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(m. 1888)​

5; including Richard, Gwilym and Megan

Early life[edit]

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.[3][2] She was educated at Dr Williams' School for Girls, Dolgellau.[4]

later 2nd Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (1889–1968) wrote a book about his mother Dame Margaret: The Life Story of His Mother.[5]

Richard

Mair Eluned (1890–1907)

Lady , DBE (3 April 1892 – 2 March 1990);[6] she married Major Thomas John Carey Evans (died 25 August 1947) in 1917 at London's Welsh Baptist Chapel. She was the grandmother of Margaret MacMillan[7][8] and great-grandmother of television presenter Dan Snow.

Olwen Elizabeth Carey Evans

(1894–1967)

Gwilym, later 1st Viscount Tenby

Lady , CH (1902–1966), the first female Member of Parliament (MP) for a Welsh constituency

Megan Lloyd George

On 1 January 1888, she married Lloyd George.[2] Her father initially disapproved of him. They had five children:

Death[edit]

She died at her home in Criccieth, Wales on 20 January 1941 after a period of illness following a fall when she injured her hip.[15][2]

. UK National Archives.

"Archival material relating to Margaret Lloyd George"

David Lloyd George Exhibition, National Library of Wales