Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby

Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, later hyphenated Lloyd-George, was born on 4 December 1894 in Criccieth, North Wales. He was the second son of David Lloyd George, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Margaret Lloyd George, née Richard Owen. His sister, Megan Lloyd George, was also involved in politics, but they pursued different political paths, with Gwilym aligning with conservative and right-leaning politics, and Megan supporting the Labour Party.

He was educated at Eastbourne College and Jesus College, Cambridge. During the outbreak of the First World War, he and his elder brother Richard were commissioned as Temporary Second Lieutenants in the 6th Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, part of the Territorial Force. They later transferred to the 15th Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, also known as the 1st London Welsh, which was part of Kitchener's Army. In 1915, Gwilym became aide-de-camp to Major-General Ivor Philipps, commander of the 38th Welsh Division. He transferred to the Anti-Aircraft branch of the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1916, attaining the rank of major, and was mentioned in dispatches for his military service.

Following his military service, Lloyd George left the army in 1918 and became involved in politics, working with his father in the post-war coalition government. He also served as a trustee of David Lloyd George's National Liberal Political Fund. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Pembrokeshire in 1922, serving until 1924, and then again from 1929 to 1950. Initially elected as a National Liberal, he joined the reunited Liberal Party in 1923. In 1931, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in Ramsay Macdonald's National Government but resigned when his father withdrew support from the government. Subsequently, he was part of the Independent Liberal group from 1931 to 1935, opposing the continuation of the National Government, before returning to the main Liberal Party after the 1935 general election.

In 1939, Lloyd George joined Neville Chamberlain's government, serving as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food initially, and later as Minister of Fuel and Power in 1942, a position he held until the 1945 general election. After his father's death in 1945, he began hyphenating his surname as Lloyd-George.

Post-World War II, following the 1945 general election, Lloyd George stood as a 'Liberal and Conservative' and was elected with a majority of 168 votes. He was approached by both the Liberal Party and the Liberal National Party to lead their organizations but declined both offers. Winston Churchill offered him a position in the Conservative Party's Shadow Cabinet; he remained officially a Liberal. In 1946, he formally lost the Liberal Party whip and distanced himself from his former Liberal colleagues, including his sister Lady Megan. In early 1950, he was publicly disowned by the Liberal Party for supporting Conservative candidates, and in the general election of that year, he lost his seat as a candidate standing as a National Liberal and Conservative, losing to Labour candidate Desmond Donnelly by 129 votes.

He re-entered Parliament in 1951 representing Newcastle upon Tyne North as a National Liberal, with Churchill's backing, despite internal dissent within the local Conservative Party. Prime Minister Winston Churchill appointed him Minister of Food (1951–1954), Home Secretary, and Minister for Welsh Affairs (1954–1957). On 12 February 1957, he was elevated to the peerage as Lord Viscount Tenby, of Bulford in the County of Pembroke, and took his seat in the House of Lords on 27 February 1957.

Lloyd George married Edna Gwenfron Jones in 1921; they had two sons: David Lloyd George, 2nd Viscount Tenby (1922–1983), and William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby (1927–2023). He died on 14 February 1967 at the age of 72, and his eldest son succeeded him as Viscount Tenby. Lady Tenby died in 1971.