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The statue was presented to the town by the Mayor (Owen Jones, JP, of Glanbeuno) and was unveiled by W. H. Hughes, ex-Prime Minister of Australia. David Lloyd George (1863–1945) represented Caernarvon Boroughs as a Liberal MP for 55 years from 1890–1945 and was also Constable of Caernarvon Castle. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer 1908–1915 and Prime Minister 1916–1922. He was created Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor in the year of his death. After the death of his first wife, Margaret, he married his secretary, Frances Stevenson, in 1943.
Title
David Lloyd George (1863–1945)
Date
1921
Medium
bronze & granite
Measurements
H 305 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 244 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
LL55_AEB_S005
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Mayor of Caernarfon
Work type
Statue
Owner
Gwynedd Council
Custodian
Gwynedd Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
6th August 1921
Listing date
10/08/53
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
base of statue, left-hand side: W. GOSCOMBE - JOHN R.A.; base of statue, right-hand side: A.B. BURTON. / FOUNDER. / THAMES DITTON
Inscription description
incised in stone on front of pedestal: THE / RIGHT HONOURABLE / DAVID LLOYD GEORGE O.M / PRIME MINISTER / M.P. CARNARVON BOROUGHS / AND CONSTABLE OF / CARNARVON CASTLE; incised in stone on rear of pedestal: CODWYD Y CERFLUN HWN / OR GWIR ANRHYDEDDUS / DAVID LLOYD GEROGE O.M / PRIF WEINIDOG / Y DEYRNAS GYFUNOL / YN RHODD I DREF CAERNARFON / GAN OWEN JONES GLANBEUNO / MAER Y DREF 1919 - 1921 / ER COFFA GWASANAETH / EI GYDWLADWR ENWOG / I ACHOS RHYDDID / YN YSTOD Y RHYFEL MAWR; bronze relief panel on left-hand side of pedestal, inscription in bronze at top of panel; THE PEACE CONFERENCE PARIS 1919 (panel depicts men seated and standing listening as Lloyd George speaks); bronze relief panel on right-hand side of pedestal. Inscription in bronze at top of panel: THE VILLAGE SCHOOL LLANYSTUMDWY (panel depicts schoolroom, children sitting at desks and teacher at back of room)
