Malcolm MacDonald

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Malcolm MacDonald was a British politician and diplomat, notably serving as a cabinet minister in several interwar and postwar governments and later as a high commissioner and governor in various parts of the British Empire and Commonwealth.

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Malcolm MacDonald canonical 5
Malcolm John MacDonald 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
colonial administrator
diplomat
government minister
human
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1901-08-17
dateOfDeath 1981-01-11
educatedAt Bedales School
Queen’s College, Oxford NERFINISHED
father Ramsay MacDonald
fullName Malcolm MacDonald self-linksurface differs
surface form: Malcolm John MacDonald
gender male
honorificTitle The Right Honourable
influencedPolicyOn British colonial policy
Dominion relations
British Mandate for Palestine
surface form: Palestine Mandate
knownFor senior diplomatic roles in the British Empire and Commonwealth
service in interwar and postwar British cabinets
languageSpoken English
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
National Government (United Kingdom)
surface form: National Government (UK)

National Labour Organisation
mother Margaret MacDonald
surface form: Margaret Ethel MacDonald
notableWork 1939 White Paper on Palestine
surface form: MacDonald White Paper on Palestine (1939)
parliamentaryTermEnd 1945
parliamentaryTermStart 1929
participatedIn interwar British politics
post–World War II decolonisation processes
placeOfBirth Lossiemouth
surface form: Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland
placeOfDeath London, England
positionHeld Commissioner-General for Southeast Asia
Governor of Kenya
Governor-General of Malaya
High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Kenya
High Commissioner to Canada
High Commissioner to India
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Minister of Health of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
surface form: Secretary of State for Health

Secretary of State for the Colonies
representedInParliament Bassetlaw district
surface form: Bassetlaw constituency

Rochester constituency

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National Labour Organisation hasMember Malcolm MacDonald
National Labour Organisation hasLeader Malcolm MacDonald
Ramsay MacDonald child Malcolm MacDonald
Malcolm MacDonald fullName Malcolm MacDonald self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Malcolm John MacDonald
1939 White Paper on Palestine namedAfter Malcolm MacDonald