Ramsay MacDonald
James Ramsay MacDonald was a British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The first two of his governments belonged to the Labour Party, where he led a minority Labour government for nine months in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931. In 1931, MacDonald was expelled from the Labour Party, after he formed a National Government dominated by the Conservative Party and supported by only a few Labour members, his premiership of which lasted until 1935.
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Background
- Born in
- Lossiemouth
- Educated at
- Birkbeck, University of London
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society
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1866
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Birth1937
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