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Lloyd George Museum, Wales

 

David Lloyd George is known as a Welshman, but he was actually born in Manchester on 17th of January 1863. His father had been a schoolmaster, a career he abandoned in favour of farming in Pembrokeshire. He died when David was only seventeen months old, and the family moved to Llanystumdwy in north Wales to live with David's uncle, a cobbler. After an education at the local church school David Lloyd George qualified as a solicitor, but always felt his destiny lay museumelsewhere. At the age of eighteen he made his first visit to the House of Commons, and wrote of the experience in his diary for 12th November 1881:

"I will not say but that I eyed the assembly in a spirit similar to that in which William the Conqueror eyed England on his visit to Edward the Confessor, as the region of his future domain." (Quoted in The Victorians A.N. Wilson P 595)

He then wrote to his future wife Margaret Owen of his huge ambition to get on.

"My supreme idea is to get on. To this idea I shall sacrifice everything - except I trust honesty. I am prepared to thrust even love itself under the wheels of my juggernaut if it obstructs the way."

David Lloyd George was true to his word. At least Margaret had been warned.

At the Lloyd George Museum there are displays illustrating Lloyd George's career. His boyhood home of Highgate has also been recreated, along with his uncle's shoe making shop. Lloyd George's grave is a short walk away at Dwyfor.

Opening Times: Easter 10.30am - 5pm.

During May Monday to Friday 10.30am - 5pm.

During June Monday to Saturday 10.30am - 5pm.

From July to September daily 10.30am - 5pm.

During October Monday to Friday 11am - 4pm.

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Address: Lloyd George Museum, Llanystumdwy, Criccieth, Gwynedd LL52 0SH

Directions: The museum is just off the A497 at Llanystumdwy near Criccieth in north Wales. Click here for an interactive map centred on Llanystumdwy.

Access: wheelchair access to the museum is good.

Contact:

telephone: 01766 522071

fax: 01766 522071

e-mail: AmgueddfaLloydGeorge@gwynedd.gov.uk