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Ramsay MacDonald
British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935 (1866–1937)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 12 October 1866
- Died
- 9 November 1937
- Place of birth
- Lossiemouth
- Place of death
- Atlantic Ocean
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- MacDonald
- Father
- John MacDonald
- Mother
- Anne Ramsay
- Spouse
- Margaret MacDonald
- Child
- Malcolm MacDonald, Ishbel MacDonald, David MacDonald, Sheila Lochhead, Alister MacDonald, Joan Margaret MacKinnon
- Occupation
- politician, journalist, diplomat
- Position held
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Leader of the Opposition, Leader of the Labour Party, Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, member of the 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 36th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 35th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 34th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Religion
- Free Church of Scotland
- archives at
- National Library of Wales
- birth name
- James McDonald Ramsay
- candidacy in election
- 1924 United Kingdom general election, 1923 United Kingdom general election, 1922 United Kingdom general election, January 1910 United Kingdom general election, December 1910 United Kingdom general election, 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1929 United Kingdom general election, 1931 United Kingdom general election, 1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
- cause of death
- heart failure
- contributed to creative work
- Dictionary of National Biography
- depicted by
- Ramsay MacDonald with members of his family
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7
- educated at
- Birkbeck, University of London
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Royal Society
- member of political party
- Labour Party, National Labour Organisation, Liberal Party, Independent Labour Party
- name in native language
- Ramsay MacDonald
- nominated for
- Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Peace Prize
- number of children
- 6
- topic's main category
- Category:Ramsay MacDonald
- work location
- London
- writing language
- English
Connected on Wikidata
Author of
- Maccarthy, Denis Florence
- MacCodrum, John (DNB00)
- McCombie, William (1805-1880) (DNB00)
- McCombie, William (1809-1870) (DNB00)
- Macdonald, Archibald (1736-1814) (DNB00)
- Macdonald, John (fl.1778) (DNB00)
- MacDougall, Allan (DNB00)
- Macfarlane, Patrick (DNB00)
- MacGillivray, Charles R. (DNB00)
- Mackenzie, John (1806-1848) (DNB00)
- Maclaurin, John (1693-1754) (DNB00)
- Macleod, John (1757-1841) (DNB00)
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