David Lloyd George's Family

David Lloyd George married his first wife, Margaret Owen, in 1888. They had five children: Richard (1889), Mair (1890, who died in 1907), Olwen (1892), Gwilym (1894) and Megan (1902). Dame Margaret found life in London very difficult, she did not like the place at all. Even though she lived at both Number 11 and Number 10 Downing Street, her home and her heart were in Cricieth. This kept the couple apart geographically, and led to a distancing in their relationship. However, they did not formally separate, still less divorce, and even after years of estrangement they came together in Antibes to celebrate their golden wedding in 1938. Of the children, Lloyd George's closest relationship was with Megan and he fully supported her political ambitions.

Learn more about the Lloyd George family in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography.