Wars, politics & history

Birth of Ramsay MacDonald

12 October 1866

British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935 (1866–1937). Ramsay MacDonald was born on 12 October 1866. Ramsay MacDonald is remembered as a politician, journalist and diplomat, a citizen of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Positions held included the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Opposition.

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