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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 24, 18 June 1908, Page 24

It was at, a little village in v Carnarvonshire,- near: Snowdon, that Mr.- Lloyd George,- Presidents the. Board of Trade," was brought up. "Ho wept each day u to the. village.. school,.' and he lived the ordinary life of a cottager .'a. boy. •• As he grew up his uncle became anxious for his future. . He decided v that the lad should be articled to a local solicitor. The old " uncle could not afford to engage a coach for him, so he learnt ITrench and Latin himself in order to ,be in a position to personally prepare the nephew for his examination. At twenty-one Mr. George was a fully-fledged solicitor, and very soon had a good practice. Tireless work and aptitude -for the^public service made him a Cabinet Minister at fortythree. . , ,