David Lloyd George died of cancer, aged 82, on 26 March, 1945,
after being raised to the peerage on New Years' Day, 1945 as Earl
Lloyd George of Dwyfor and Viscount Gwynedd; he never had time to
take his seat in the House of Lords. He was buried beside his
beloved River Dwyfor in Llanystumdwy, Caernarvonshire.