The Archive · 1921

John Milroy (S.F.) J. 07)

Thomas J, S. Harbison, sur — DAME MARGARET LLOYD GEORGE

So much is known and written about the Prime Minister and so little about his wife that perhaps a short appreciation by one who knows and loves her will not be out. of place.

Mrs. Lloyd George is a very remarkable woman. When she moved to 10, Downing-street, she succeeded a Prime Minister's wife who was her direct opposite, and therefore it was all the more difficult for her to create her own position. Always unassuming and unselfconscious, she quietly set to work to do her duty in the best and highest sense of the word. Absolutely honest and straightforward, she soon became the centre. of many good works, and during the last two years of the war nobody worked harder or gave up more to help others than Mrs.

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