New Lloyd George book

G. H. Bennett's Lloyd George and the Coalition Liberal Party - The Papers of Lieutenant-Colonel Scovell, General Secretary of the Party, 1919-1922 arrived at Ducky Towers yesterday. It's a welcome addition to the literature, looking at the role played by a much-neglected figure in the working of the Coalition Liberals, and giving a fuller picture of the workings of the party leading up to the 1922 general election. Dr Harry Bennett is Associate Professor in History at the University of Plymouth. His previous books include Hitler's Admirals, Hunting Tirpitz, and Destination Normandy: Three American Regiments on D-Day. Of particular interest to "Lloyd Georgians" are his British Foreign Policy during the Curzon Period, 1919-24, The Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity 1919-22: Naval and Foreign Policy under Lloyd George, and The 1922 General Election Reconsidered - High Politics and the Birth of the Modern British Election.

The Cymdeithas Lloyd George / Lloyd George Society website has details of a discount kindly arranged by Professor Bennett with his publishers, Boydell & Brewer. 

Last Two Days!

 Not of this blog.., but the last two days to respond to the Lloyd George Society questionnaire. It's to help us plan the 2026 weekend. If you are interested in attending please do take a couple of minutes to answer the questions. You can find the questionnaire on the Society website at this link

Lloyd George Society weekend 2026

Planning has started for the 2026 Lloyd George Society weekend school. We are considering a slightly later date, 7th to 8th March, and a new venue, the Lake Country House Hotel and Spa, at Llangamarch Wells.

You can read more about the proposals at the Society website here

Cymdeithas Lloyd George, the Lloyd George Society

Cymdeithas Lloyd George, the Lloyd George Society is a loose combination of like minds that meets in Wales for a weekend school on topical subjects, historical issues (particularly those relating to David Lloyd George) or interesting questions affecting Welsh life and culture, all from a liberal perspective.

You can book now for 2025's Lloyd George Weekend School in Llandrindod Wells Our venue this year is the Hotel Commodore. 

February 22 & 23 2025 - Limited Spaces Left. 

Full details on how to book and Programme for the School: on our website

Speakers include: Adam Price MS - Former Plaid Cymru leader and Shadow Justice Minister. 

Ann Davies MP - Plaid Cymru MP for Carmarthenshire. 

David Chadwick MP - Liberal Dem MP for Brecon, Radnor & Cwm Tawe 

Mark Williams - Former Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Ceredigion.

Michael Meadowcroft - historian & former Liberal MP. 

Dr Luca Trent - Assoc. Professor, Swansea University.

Rev. Richard Walker - JMK Expert. 

Dr Jonathan Kirkup - Senior Lecturer, Cardiff Uni. 

Prof. Tony Claydon - Bangor University 

Dr Charles Smith - Wales European Movement.

The Society website is https://lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/, and our new social media accounts are:

X (formerly Twitter) – @LloGeoSocNew

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/groups/454477021058445

Bluesky – @lloydgeorgesociety.bsky.social

Please do follow us, and I hope to see you in February.