TRIBUTES have been made to the Welsh firebrand David Lloyd George during a special dinner to mark the 100th anniversary of the politician becoming prime minister.

Historian Dan Snow and TV presenter Huw Edwards co-hosted a glittering dinner in London this week which marked a century since the legendary politician, Lloyd George, became Britain’s prime minister during the darkest days of World War One.

Many of Lloyd George’s family, including the current Earl Lloyd-George, attended the dinner.

Guests were also entertained by opera star Bryn Terfel and Welsh harpist Hannah Stone, along with Pwllheli actor Richard Elfyn, who portrayed Lloyd George in a play about his life.

The Lloyd George Centenary Dinner marked the day in 1916 that Lloyd George was offered the Premiership by King George V.

It also followed the launch in January of the £250,000 Lloyd George Premiership Centenary Appeal, which aims to raise much-needed funds to protect the Lloyd George Museum in Llanystumdwy, where the politician grew up and developed his political views.

Huw, who has backed the appeal, paid tribute to Lloyd George, who died in 1945 shortly after being created Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor.

He said: “Lloyd George is still a remarkably divisive figure a century after his arrival at Number 10.

“He is rightly regarded with pride by many Welsh people, partly because of his many policy achievements, partly because of his success in running rings around the mighty English establishment.”

Lloyd George’s grandsons, Robin and Bengy Carey Evans, who are now in their 90s, also paid tribute to the man they knew as Taid.

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