Ramsay MacDonald

The Right Honourable James Ramsay MacDonald (12 October 1866–9 November 1937), British politician, was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the pioneers of British socialism, he rose from humble origins to become the first Labour Prime Minister in 1924. During his second government, faced with the crisis of the Great Depression, he formed a "National Government" in coalition with the Conservatives and was expelled from the Labour Party.

Further reading

• Bernard Barker (editor), Ramsay MacDonald's Political Writings, Allen Lane, London 1972
• David Marquand, Ramsay MacDonald, Jonathan Cape, London 1977
• Jane Cox, A Singular Marriage: a Labour Love Story in Letters and Diaries (of Ramsay and Margaret MacDonald), Harrap, London 1988
• Ramsay MacDonald, Labour and Peace, Labour Party 1912
• Ramsay MacDonald, Parliament and Revolution, Labour Party 1919
• Ramsay MacDonald, Foreign Policy of the Labour Party, Labour Party 1923
• Ramsay MacDonald, Margaret Ethel MacDonald, 1924