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In 1894 Lloyd George, already the most vocal of the Welsh Radicals, resigned the Liberal whip along with three of his colleagues. Meanwhile other Radicals, such as Labouchère, did not hesitate to make trouble for Rosebery after he had become Prime Minister. Nor were relations between the Cabinet and the National Liberal Federation very close. Indeed, when the Cabinet chose to resign in June 1895, it was against the clearly expressed advice of the NLF secretary to carry on ‘by hook or by crook’.
It was an appointment that changed the course of the ministry and indeed the history of the country. Born in Manchester in 1863, Lloyd George’s upbringing and background were rooted in Welsh radicalism. In 1890, at the age of 27, he had won a dramatic victory by 18 votes in a by-election at Caernarvon Boroughs, the constituency he was to retain at 13 successive general elections. Lloyd George’s preoccupation in his first years in the Commons was with the objectives of Welsh radicalism – the need to attack and destroy the established church, the destruction of the power of landlords, the creation of a University of Wales and the establishment of a Welsh Parliament.
It was an appointment that changed the course of the ministry and indeed the history of the country. Born in Manchester in 1863, Lloyd George’s upbringing and background were rooted in Welsh radicalism. In 1890, at the age of 27, he had won a dramatic victory by 18 votes in a by-election at Caernarvon Boroughs, the constituency he was to retain at 13 successive general elections. Lloyd George’s preoccupation in his first years in the Commons was with the objectives of Welsh radicalism – the need to attack and destroy the established church, the destruction of the power of landlords, the creation of a University of Wales and the establishment of a Welsh Parliament.
