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James Ramsay MacDonald FRS (né James McDonald Ramsay; 12 October 1866 – 9 November 1937) was a British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the first who belonged to the Labour Party, leading minority Labour governments for nine months in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931.
- Margaret Gladstone
The marriage to Ramsay MacDonald was a very happy one, and...
- First MacDonald Ministry
The first MacDonald ministry of the United Kingdom lasted...
- Ishbel MacDonald
Ishbel Allan MacDonald (2 March 1903 – 20 June 1982) was the...
- Invergordon Mutiny
British Atlantic Fleet on exercise in the late 1920s. The...
- National Government
Second National Government. The National Government of...
- Ramsay MacDonald
James Ramsay MacDonald FRS (né James McDonald Ramsay; 12...
- Margaret Gladstone
James Ramsay MacDonald FRS (né James McDonald Ramsay; 12 October 1866 – 9 November 1937) was a British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times. He helped to build the Labour Party and became its first Prime Minister in 1924.
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The TUC had created the Labour Electoral Association (LEA) and entered into an unsatisfactory alliance with the Liberal Party in 1886. In 1892, MacDonald was in Dover to give support to the candidate for the LEA in the General Election and who was well beaten. MacDonald impressed the local press and the Association, however, and was adopted as its ...
In 1911 MacDonald became Party Leader (formally "Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party"), but within a short period his wife became ill with blood poisoning and died. This affected MacDonald very much and took him some time to recover. MacDonald had always taken a keen interest in foreign affairs and knew from his visit to South Africa just af...
MacDonald took the post of Foreign Secretary as well as Prime Minister, and made it clear that his main priority was to undo the damage which he believed had been caused by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, by settling the reparations issue and coming to terms with Germany. He left domestic matters to his ministers, including J.R. Clynes as Lord Privy...
The strong majority enjoyed by Baldwin’s party allowed him to preside over a government that would serve a full term during which it would have to deal with the General Strike and miners’ strike of 1926. Unemployment in the UK during this period remained high but relatively stable at just over 10% and, apart from 1926, strikes were at a low level.A...
MacDonald did not want an immediate election, but the Conservatives forced him to agree to one in October 1931. The National Government won 554 seats, comprising 470 Conservatives, 13 National Labour, 68 Liberals (Liberal National and Liberal) and various others, while Labour won only 52 and the Lloyd George Liberals four. This was the largest mand...
The marriage between Ramsay MacDonald and Margaret Gladstone was a very happy one, and they had six children, including Malcolm MacDonald (1901-1981), who had a prominent career as a politician, colonial governor and diplomat, and Ishbel MacDonald (1903-1982), who was very close to her father. MacDonald was devastated by Margaret's death from blood...
First Labour government: January - November 1924 1. Ramsay MacDonald - Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons 2. Lord Haldane - Lord Chancellor and joint Leader of the House of Lords 3. Lord Parmoor - Lord President of the Council and joint Leader of the House of Lords 4. John Robert Clynes - Lord Privy Seal and Deputy...
Barker, Bernard, ed., Ramsay MacDonald's Political Writings.London: Allen Lane, 1972.Bryher, Samual. An Account of the Labour and Socialist Movement in Bristol.Bryston, UK: 1929.Clegg, H.A. Alan Fox, A.F. Thompson. A History of British Trade Unions since 1889. (vol I: 1889-1910), Oxford University Press, 1964. ISBN 019828229x.Cox, Jane. A Singular Marriage: a Labour Love Story in Letters and Diaries. (of Ramsay and Margaret MacDonald) London: Harrap, 1988. ISBN 9780245546761Second National Government. The National Government of August–October 1931, also known as the First National Government, was the first of a series of national governments formed during the Great Depression in the United Kingdom. It was formed by Ramsay MacDonald as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the collapse of the previous ...
OfficeNamePartyPartyNational Labour24 August 1931 – 5 November 1931National Labour25 August 1931Conservative25 August 1931Conservative3 September 1931Jan 15, 2024 · Home. This programme is not currently available. David Torrance assesses Ramsay MacDonald as the first Labour prime minister in 1924, exploring how he navigates the tensions between radicalism...
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12 Oct 1866. Birth place. Lossiemouth, Scotland. Died. 9 Nov 1937 (aged 71 years) Resting place. Holy Trinity Church, Spynie. About Ramsay MacDonald. Ramsay MacDonald was Britain’s first socialist and Labour Party Prime Minister. He was a courageous man who was not afraid to embark on unpopular causes.
Ramsay MacDonald remained a committed supporter of women’s rights and in his second minority government of 1929, he set the historic precedent of appointing the first female minister, Margaret Bondfield, as Minister for Labour.
