==Versailles Treaty==
[[Image:Lgeorge1.jpg|thumb|290px||A pleased Lloyd George brings an Easter egg to Britain in the form of the Versailles Peace Treaty, April 1919'']]
Before going as peace delegate to Versaillesthe [[Paris Peace Conference]], Lloyd George strengthened his position by winning the Khaki Election held in December 1918 amidst all the bitterness and fervid hero worship of the end of the war. At Versailles, Lloyd George, [[Woodrow Wilson]] of the U.S. and [[Georges Clemenceau]] of France concluded the peace, with Lloyd George, on the whole, on the side of generosity and moderation. the final [[Treaty of Versailles]] imposed huge reparations on germany, created numerous small weak states in eastern Europe, and set up the [[League of Nations]] to head off future wars. From 1919 to 1922 his government steadily weakened, as the result of the railway and other strikes, of spending that irked the Conservatives, and economies that alienated the radicals; conditions in Ireland were appalling, yet no one liked the peace treaty of 1921 granting the [[Irish Free State]] Dominion status.
The Conservatives were increasingly restless under Lloyd George's leadership, but it was the failure of his foreign policy that brought about his defeat. His pro-Greek policy was a failure because of the Turkish victory of 1922, and the Chanak declaration nearly involving Britain in war. The Conservatives revolted at this, Lloyd George resigned, and Andrew Bonar Law became prime minister.
He twice refused to join Churchill's wartime cabinet. In 1944 he was made the first Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor. His well-regarded memoirs include ''War Memoirs'' (6 vols., 1933-1936) and ''The Truth About the Peace Treaty'' (2 vols., 1938). He left an estate of £141,147 derived mostly from book royalties.
==See also==* [[World War I]]* [[Paris Peace Conference]]
==Further reading==
* Gilbert, Bentley Brinkerhoff. ''David Lloyd George: A Political Life: The Architect of Change 1863-1912'' (1987); ''David Lloyd George: A Political Life: Organizer of Victory, 1912-1916 '' (1992). standard scholarly biography