From a Photograph by Miss Olive Edis, F.R.P.S.,
specially taken for this book at 10, Downing Street, October 15, 1917.
D Lloyd George (Signature)
THE
PRIME MINISTER
BY
HAROLD SPENDER
“Who, if he be called upon to face
Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined
Great issues, good or bad, for human kind,
Is happy as a Lover; and attired
With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired.”
The Happy Warrior.
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1920,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FOREWORD
My thanks are due for assistance in writing thisbook to Mr. Lloyd George, with regard to whom Ihave the privilege of drawing on the memories oftwenty-seven years of unbroken friendship; to Mrs.Lloyd George; to Mr. William George, the PrimeMinister’s only brother; to Mr. Philip Kerr and MissStevenson, C.B.E., his secretaries; and to Mr. ArthurRhys Roberts, formerly his professional partner.
For certain chapters I owe particular thanks to SirJohn Stavridi, Consul-General of Greece and Councillorof the Greek Legation; to Sir Hubert LlewellynSmith, G.C.B., Permanent Secretary of the Board ofTrade; and to Mr. W. T. Layton, C.B.E., formerlyof the Ministry of Munitions.
I wish also to express my gratitude to all the othernumerous persons who have so generously helped me inthis important task.
H. S.
London, 1920.