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The man who tries to make the flag an object of a single party is a greater traitor to that flag than any man who fires at it.

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
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Manchester
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David Lloyd George
1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
George David Lloyd
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