Caernarfon statue of David Lloyd George is vandalised
The statue, a few yards from Caernarfon Castle, was erected in 1921 while Lloyd George, who represented the town at Westminster, was still prime minister.A Liberal party politician, he was the MP for Carnarvon Boroughs, as the seat was then known, from 1890 to 1945. He was prime minister from 1916 to 1922, and led the UK through the First World War.The bronze statue was created by Sir William Goscombe John.
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