[James] Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937; ODNB); early ethical socialist; secretary, Labour representation committee, 1900-6, and Labour party, 1906-11; MP (Lab) Leicester 1906-18, Aberavon, 1922-9, Seaham 1929-31, (Nat Lab) 1931-5, Scottish Universities 1935-7; chairman, Labour parliamentary party, 1911-14, 1922-31; critic of the war, 1914-18, and co-founder of Union of Democractic Control; prime minister and foreign secretary of first Labour government, 1924; prime minister, Labour government, 1929-31, National government 1931-5; lord president of the council, 1935-7. See also Volume 61, 65, 69, 71, 78.

Journal references: 10

• 8 Apr 1906
• 16 Oct 1912
• 25 Jul 1914
• 13 Aug 1917
• 19 Aug 1918
• 15 Nov 1923
• 10 Dec 1923
• 1 Feb 1924
• 24 Apr 1926
• 4 May 1926

See also MacDonald, Malcolm