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May 18

Lloyd George in Brighton

In Lloyd George was My Father, Olwen Carey Evans mentions that while she was at Roedean School, her parents (David and Margaret Lloyd George) had a house in Brighton. I would be interested to know where it was. DuncanHill (talk) 20:37, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

I think it must have been in Chichester Terrace, in Kemp Town, the district of Brighton nearest Roedean. To judge by this (p. 170) he was living there in 1909, when Olwen would have been 16 or 17. For a few months in 1918 he borrowed Danny House, a huge Elizabethan mansion a few miles outside Brighton, but that would have been too late to fit the description. --Antiquary (talk) 09:24, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, after posting here I found some other references to him staying in property loaned by Lord Rendel in Kemptown, but of course Rendel owned a lot of Kemptown at the time. I've got Tempestuous Journey (the work you linked to), but hadn't found Brighton in the index. John Morley lived round the corner at Chesham Place around that time. This article mentions Clarendon Terrace, which runs into Chichester Terrace. I must go and have a look to see if there are any blue plaques. DuncanHill (talk) 12:50, 19 May 2018 (UTC)