David Lloyd George
/ˌdeɪvɪd lɔɪd ˈdʒɔːdʒ/
/ˌdeɪvɪd lɔɪd ˈdʒɔːrdʒ/
- (1863-1945) a British Liberal politician of Welsh parents, who was Prime Minister of Britain from 1916 to 1922. As Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908-15) he introduced pensions (1908) and National Insurance (1911), two important elements of the modern welfare state. He became Prime Minister during the First World War, but after the war Conservative opposition to his policy of independence for Ireland forced him to resign. He remained in Parliament for the rest of his life, but neither he nor the Liberal Party ever returned to power. He was made an earl not long before his death in 1945.
戴维·劳埃德·乔治（David Lloyd George）：( 1863-1945年）是威尔士父母的英国自由派政治家，他于1916年至1922年担任英国首相。作为财政大臣（1908-15年），他引入了养老金（1908年）和国民保险（1911年） ，是现代福利国家的两个重要要素。第一次世界大战期间他成为总理，但战争结束后，保守党反对他对爱尔兰的独立政策迫使他辞职。他一生都留在议会中，但是他和自由党都没有上台。在1945年去世前不久，他就成为了伯爵。