Megan Lloyd George
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Lady Megan Arvon Lloyd George CH |
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Megan Lloyd George in 1929
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Member of Parliament for Carmarthen |
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In office 28 February 1957 – 14 July 1966 (Died in office) |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Rhys Hopkin Morris |
| Succeeded by | Gwynfor Evans |
| Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party | |
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In office 1949–1950 |
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Post vacant Previously: Percy Harris |
| Succeeded by |
Post vacant Latterly: Donald Wade |
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Member of Parliament for Anglesey |
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In office 30 May 1929 – 24 October 1951 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Cledwyn Hughes |
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Megan Arvon George 22 April 1902 Criccieth, Caernarfonshire (present-day Gwynedd) |
| Died | 14 May 1966 (aged 64) Carmarthen, Wales |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Liberal Party then Labour Party |
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".
She was the youngest child of David Lloyd George and his wife, Margaret, being born in 1902 in Criccieth, Caernarfonshire (present-day Gwynedd). Her name at birth was registered as "Megan Arvon George", but she was known as "Megan Lloyd George". After her father was raised to the peerage as Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, she was accorded the style of Lady Megan Lloyd George.
Lloyd George was imaginative and "sprite-like" when young, and was described in the local press as a "daring sceptic", disliking her father's stories of Daniel in the lions' den. Around the age of five, she would travel with her father to their house in Brighton, and delight his guests by bringing them an early morning cup of tea while they were still in bed.
She began public engagements at an early age, and on 16 November 1910, at the age of eight, performed the opening ceremony of the extension of the Claremont Central Mission in Pentonville.
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.
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