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The government are behaving like a bevy of maiden aunts who have fallen among buccaneers.
David Lloyd George
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David Lloyd George
Age: 82 †
Born: 1863
Born: January 17
Died: 1945
Died: March 26
Chancellor Of The Exchequer
Civil Servant
Diplomat
Politician
Solicitor
Manchester
England
David Lloyd George
1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
George David Lloyd
George Lloyd
Earl Lloyd-George
Lord Lloyd-George
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