In 1908, he was named chancellor of the exchequer in the government of Herbert Henry Asquith.
David Lloyd George was born in Manchester on 17 January 1863. His father died when he was young and his mother took him to Wales to be raised. He became a lifelong Welsh nationalist. He qualified as a solicitor and in 1890 was elected Liberal member of parliament for Caernarvon, a seat he held until 1945.
In 1908, he was named chancellor of the exchequer in Herbert Henry Asquith's government.
