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   Ramsay MacDonald

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   British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ramsay_MacDonaldRamsay MacDonald - Wikipedia

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   A speech by Ramsay MacDonald campaigning for the Labour Party whilst in opposition (recorded 1926) James Ramsay MacDonald FRS ( né James McDonald Ramsay; 12 October 1866 – 9 November 1937) was a British statesman [1] and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the first who belonged to the Labour Party, leading ...

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4. www.britannica.com › biography › Ramsay-MacDonaldRamsay MacDonald | Prime Minister, Labour Party, Significance ...

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   Apr 30, 2024 · Ramsay MacDonald (born October 12, 1866, Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland—died November 9, 1937, at sea en route to South America) was the first Labour Party prime minister of Great Britain, in the Labour governments of 1924 and 1929–31 and in the national coalition government of 1931–35. MacDonald was the son of an unmarried maidservant.

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5. www.gov.uk › james-ramsay-macdonaldHistory of James Ramsay MacDonald - GOV.UK

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   Learn about the life and achievements of the first Labour Prime Minister, who led two minority governments and a national coalition. Find out his major acts, interesting facts and controversies.

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7. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › m001vcgvBBC Radio 4 - Ramsay MacDonald: Labour’s First Prime Minister

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   Jan 15, 2024 · A podcast by David Torrance on the first Labour prime minister in 1924, who faced the dilemma of radicalism and respectability within the party. Listen to the programme on BBC Radio 4 or download it from the web page.

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   Jun 6, 2010 · Learn how the first Labour prime minister resigned in 1935 after forming a national government to deal with the Great Depression. Find out about his health problems, his foreign policy and his expulsion from the Labour Party.

9. www.bbc.co.uk › macdonald_ramsayHistory - Historic Figures: Ramsay MacDonald (1866 - BBC

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   Learn about the life and career of Ramsay MacDonald, the first British Labour prime minister who led a coalition government in 1931. Find out how he shaped the Labour Party, faced the economic crisis and died in exile.

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    When did Ramsay MacDonald resign?

    • Ramsay MacDonald presided over his last cabinet on June 5th, 1935. He resigned two days later, on June 7th, 1935. From an unpromising start as the bastard son of a Scots farm girl, James Ramsay MacDonald became Britain’s first Labour Party prime minister for a few months in 1924.

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    Who was James Ramsay MacDonald?

    • Born 12 October 1866, James Ramsay MacDonald was the first Labour Prime Minister and came from a working class family. He grew up in Lossiemouth, Scotland. He worked as a teacher at the local board school he attended, and at 18 moved to Bristol as a clergyman’s assistant, where he joined the Social Democratic Federation.

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    Why did James Ramsay MacDonald clung to office?

    • An isolated and ineffectual figure, he presided over a disastrous phase in foreign policy in which the League of Nations collapsed in the face of aggression by the fascist dictators; he clung to office largely because he had nothing else to live for. Martin Pugh Bibliography Elton, G. , The Life of James Ramsay MacDonald (1939);

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    What are some good books about Ramsay MacDonald?

    • Lord Godfrey Elton, The Life of James Ramsay MacDonald (1939), is useful but incomplete. Other studies are L. MacNeill Weir, The Tragedy of Ramsay MacDonald (1938), a sympathetic account of MacDonald's political career, and Benjamin Sacks, J. Ramsay MacDonald in Thought and Action: An Architect for a Better World (1952).

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    May 29, 2018 · The British politician James Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937), three time prime minister of Great Britain, was one of the great architects of the British Labour party. In 1924 he formed the first Labour government. Ramsay MacDonald, born in October 1866 in the little peasant and fishing village of Lossiemouth in Morayshire, Scotland, was the ...