David Lloyd George 1863-1945 Born: Manchester Parents: his father was a schoolteacher from Early life Pembrokeshire and his mother was from Llanystumdwy, north Wales. 1890: Qualifies as a solicitor and elected as an M.P. for Caernarvon Boroughs. The first and only Welshman to have been 1916-22 Prime Minister of Britain. 1918 He is praised as the 'man who won the war' for Britain January 1919 Lloyd George does not see the Versailles Treaty as an opportunity to destroy Germany. The Prime Minister of France, Clemenceau, is nicknamed 'The Tiger'. He wants revenge on Germany and believes that Lloyd George is too lenient towards Germany. Lloyd George and Billy Hughes, the Australian Prime Minister, speak Welsh when discussing matters during the Paris Peace Conference June 1919 The harsh terms of the Treaty please the British people but the Prime Minister has serious concerns that Europe will have to pay the price for this in the future. The Welsh at Versailles William Morris Hughes 1862-1952 William 'Billy' Hughes: First Welsh-speaker to be elected Prime Minister of Australia. Born: London. Early life Parents: Originally from north and mid Wales. Sent to Llandudno to be brought up by his father's sister after his mother dies. Returns to London when he is 14 years old. 1884: Arrives in Australia. Emigrate 1903: Studies law and qualifies as a barrister. During this period he works as a cook, a labourer, in a pharmacy, and mending umbrellas and opens his own shop. Elected as a Member of the Australian Parliament in 1901. Political Australian Prime Minister 1915-23. career Still a Member of Parliament when he dies at at the age of 90. Nicknamed 'Little Digger' because of his skills as a wartime leader. 1914-18 Visits Britain in 1916 as a member of David Lloyd George's War Cabinet and Imperial Cabinet. He argues strongly in favour of Versailles Germany paying reparations. 1919 He wants Australia to receive compensation for her losses in the war. He argues that Australia should have a seat in the new League of Nations. He persuades the Conference to place the former German colony of Papua New Guinea under Australian control as a mandate. The Welsh at Versailles T.E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) 1888 - 1935 Born: in Tremadog, Caernarvonshire and named Thomas Edward Early life Lawrence. He is also known as T.E Shaw and 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Parents: Sir Thomas Chapman from Ireland and Sara Maden, a governess, who had Welsh ancestors from the Swansea area. Studies medieval archaeology at Jesus College, Oxford. Graduates in 1910. Before the First World War he is involved with producing detailed maps of the Sinai and Suez areas. He learns Arabic during this period. 1914: he joins the Maps 1914-18 Department of the War Office and becomes an intelligence officer for the British Government. 1916: He supports the Arab Revolt against Turkey, one of Germany's allies. He believes that the revolt is an opportunity for Arab people to break away from the control of Turkey and establish their own government. He becomes an adviser to Feisal, son of Sherif Hussein of Mecca, one of the leaders of the revolt. During the Versailles Conference he is an Versailles interpreter for Feisal. He sees the Conference as an opportunity 1919 to give public support to the idea of Arab independence. He argues against separating Syria and Lebanon from other Arab countries and identifying them as French mandates. 1922: Lawrence joins the Royal Air Force and After leaves in February in 1935 1919 May 1935: He is killed in a motorbike accident. The Welsh at Versailles.