Ramsay MacDonald

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British politician Prime Minister of the United Kingdom human

Ramsay MacDonald was a British statesman who became the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, serving in the 1920s and early 1930s and leading both Labour and National Governments.

Aliases (1)

James Ramsay MacDonald ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → human →
birthName	James Ramsay MacDonald →
causeOfDeath	heart disease →
child	Ishbel MacDonald → Malcolm MacDonald →
constituencyRepresented	Aberavon → Leicester → Seaham →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1866-10-12 →
dateOfDeath	1937-11-09 →
familyName	MacDonald →
formedGovernment	First Labour Government (1924) → National Government (1931–1935) → Second Labour Government (1929–1931) →
givenName	James →
headOfGovernment	United Kingdom →
ideology	democratic socialism → socialism →
memberOf	Privy Council of the United Kingdom →
nationality	British →
notableFor	first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → leading both Labour and National Governments in the early 20th century →
notableWork	Socialism and Government → The Socialist Movement →
numberOfChildren	6 →
parliamentaryGroup	Labour Party (UK) → National Labour Organisation →
placeOfBirth	Lossiemouth → Moray → Scotland →
placeOfDeath	at sea →
politicalParty	Labour Party (UK) → National Labour Organisation →
positionHeld	Chancellor of the Exchequer → First Lord of the Treasury → Leader of the Labour Party (UK) → Leader of the Opposition (UK) → Member of Parliament (MP) → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs →
religion	Presbyterianism →
spouse	Margaret MacDonald →
termEnd	1924-11-04 → 1935-06-07 →
termStart	1924-01-22 → 1929-06-05 →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
First Round Table Conference → Lausanne Conference of 1932 →	chairperson
Ramsay MacDonald ("James Ramsay MacDonald") →	birthName
National Government coalition →	formedBy
National Labour Organisation →	foundedBy
National Labour Organisation →	hasLeader
National Labour Organisation →	hasMember
National Government coalition →	headOfGovernment
Labour Representation Committee →	notableMember
Labour Party (UK) →	notablePrimeMinister
Round Table Conferences →	participant
Stanley Baldwin →	precededBy
Lausanne Conference of 1932 →	representedBy
Ernest Brown →	servedInGovernmentOf
Stanley Baldwin →	succeededBy
National Labour Organisation →	supported