- He served as British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922 and was the final Liberal to hold that position.
- In March 1917, following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, Lloyd George offered immediate asylum in England to the Romanov family. However, he was forced to withdraw this offer following a personal intervention from King George V, who was alarmed by the unpopularity in England of the former emperor and felt the presence of the family could lead to an uprising.
- Albert Sylvester served as Lloyd George's Principal Private Secretary from 1923 until George's death.
- He was the great-grandfather of Robert Lloyd George.
- He was raised to Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, in the County of Caernarvonshire, on January 1, 1945. The title is now held by his great-grandson, David Richard Owen Lloyd George (b. 1951).
- His second wife was originally hired by Lloyd George as a governess for his youngest daughter. She became his personal secretary and mistress from 1913 on, and he may have fathered her daughter, Jennifer (1929-2012).
- He partitioned Ireland in 1920 during the Anglo-Irish War.
- He is generally seen as one of Britain's most significant 20th century Prime Ministers, although his reputation was damaged by an unfortunate visit to Nazi Germany in September 1936, in which he met Adolf Hitler and described him as the greatest living German. His pro-German sentiments meant that he was a widely mistrusted figure during the final years of his life while Britain was fighting the Second World War. The Duke of Windsor suffered a similar fate due to his visit to Nazi Germany in 1937 and similarly pro-German sentiments.
- He was the subject of a 3-volumn biography by John Grigg. Grigg's father was George's Private Secretary from 1921-1922.
- In 1934 he warned openly that Hitler should not be overthrown. Communism, said Lloyd George, would take his place and, he added, a German communism far more efficient than Communism of the Soviet type.
- In 1936 he sought to justify Hitler's remilitarisation of the Rhineland.
- In November 1939 he had to be dissuaded from sending Hitler a letter of congratulation following the German leader's escape from an assassination attempt.
- He felt the Treaty of Versailles was too harsh towards Germany, but in the end Woodrow Wilson sided with Georges Clemenceau and insisted it be signed despite Lloyd George's objections.
- Father of Megan Lloyd George.
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