Megan Lloyd George (1902 - 1966)

Born 22 Apr 1902 in Criccieth, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom

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Died 14 May 1966 at age 64 in Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom

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Biography

Lady Megan Arvon Lloyd George, CH (22 April 1902 – 14 May 1966), born Megan Arvon George, was a British politician, who became the first female Member of Parliament (MP) for a Welsh constituency. She also served as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, before later becoming a Labour MP. In 2016, she was named as one of "the 50 greatest Welsh men and women of all time"^[1]

Her name at birth was registered as "Megan Arvon George", but she was known as "Megan Lloyd George".

Like her brother, Gwilym, she followed her father into politics. She became the first female MP in Wales when she won Anglesey for the Liberals in 1929.

Along with her father, she refused to support Ramsay MacDonald's National Government in 1931 and successfully held Anglesey as an opposition Liberal at the 1931 General Election. She held the seat again as a Liberal from 1935 to 1951. In 1949, Lloyd George was elected Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in a bid to create unity, but after losing her seat she stood down in 1952.

In 1955, Lloyd George defected to the Labour Party. In 1957, she stood against the Liberals as the Labour Party candidate at a by-election in Carmarthen and won the seat, which she held until her death from breast cancer at Pwllheli in 1966, aged 64.

She was Lord Noel-Baker's romantic partner from 1936 until Lady Noel-Baker's death in 1956.

Lloyd George received posthumous appointment as a Companion of Honour in the Dissolution Honours List published five days after her death.

Sources

1. ↑ The 50 Greatest Welsh Men and Women of All Time

• The Peerage: Lady Megan Lloyd George
• Wikipedia:Megan_Lloyd_George
• Wikidata: Item Q6808694, en:Wikipedia