Chapter III: Introduction: vii

I.--MR. LLOYD GEORGE 1

II.--LORD CARNOCK 19

III.--LORD FISHER 29

IV.--MR. ASQUITH 39

V.--LORD NORTHCLIFFE 49

VI.--MR. ARTHUR BALFOUR 59

VII.--LORD KITCHENER 71

VIII.--LORD ROBERT CECIL 85

IX.--MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL 97

X.--LORD HALDANE 109

XI.--LORD RHONDDA 123

XII.--LORD INVERFORTH 135

XIII.--LORD LEVERHULME 151

XIV.--CONCLUSION 163

ILLUSTRATIONS

RT. HON. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE _Frontispiece_

LORD CARNOCK 20

BARON FISHER 30

RT. HON. HERBERT HENRY ASQUITH 40

LORD NORTHCLIFFE 50

RT. HON. ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR 60

LORD KITCHENER 72

LORD ROBERT CECIL 86

RT. HON. WINSTON CHURCHILL 98

RT. HON. RICHARD BURDON HALDANE 110

LORD RHONDDA 124

LORD INVERFORTH 136

LORD LEVERHULME 152

MR. LLOYD GEORGE

THE RT. HON. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE

Born, Manchester, 1863; son of the late Wm. George, Master of the
Hope Street Unitarian Schools, Liverpool. Educated in a Welsh
Church School and under tutors. By profession a solicitor.
President of the Board of Trade, 1905-8; Chancellor of the
Exchequer, 1908-15; Minister of Munitions, 1915-16; Secretary for
War, 1916; Prime Minister, 1916-20.