Margaret Lloyd George
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Dame Margaret Lloyd George, GBE (1866–20 January 1941), née Margaret Owen, was the first wife of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George.
She was a daughter of Richard Owen of Criccieth, Caernarfonshire, a well-to-do Methodist farmer who initially disapproved of the radical young Baptist attorney. On 1 January 1888, she married Lloyd George and they had five children:
- Richard, later 2nd Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor (1889-1968)
- Mair (1890-1907)
- Olwen Elizabeth (1892-1990)
- Gwilym, later 1st Viscount Tenby (1894-1967)
- Megan (1902-1966)
In 1920, during her husband's premiership, Margaret was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) after raising over £200,000 for war charities. She died in 1941 (four years before her husband was raised to the Peerage) after a period of illness following a fall when she injured her hip. Her husband later married his secretary, Frances Stevenson in 1943.
| Preceded by Margot Asquith |
Spouse of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1916-1922 |
Succeeded by Annie Bonar Law |
