Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby
Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, (
4 December,
1894 â€"
February 14,
1967), was a British politician and cabinet minister.
The second son of Prime Minister
David Lloyd George, he was born at
Criccieth in north
Wales. Educated at
Eastbourne College and
Jesus College, Cambridge, in
1915 he became Aide de Camp to
Major General Ivor Phillips, commander of the 38th (Welsh) Division. He rose to the rank of Major and was known for most of his political career as Major Lloyd George.
Lloyd George was Liberal MP for
Pembroke from
1922 to
1924 and again from
1929 to
1950. From
1951 to
1957 he was Liberal and Conservative MP for
Newcastle upon Tyne North. He was Parliamentary Secretary at the
Board of Trade in
1931 and again from
1939 to
1941, and Parliamentary Secretary at the
Ministry of Food 1941–1942. He was
Minister of Fuel and Power 1942–
1945,
Minister of Food 1951–1954, and
Home Secretary and Minister for Welsh Affairs from
1954 until his retirement in 1957, when he was raised to the peerage as
the 1st Viscount Tenby.
Gwilym Lloyd George married Edna Gwenfron Jones in
1921. They had two children: David Lloyd George, the 2nd Viscount, (
1922â€"
1983), and William Lloyd George, the 3rd Viscount (born in
1927). Lloyd George's sister
Megan was also active in politics.
He opened the Wellington Police Station, Wellington Shropshire on 10th October 1955.
