First Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
Great Lives
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Mac Donald's Father
It is an extraordinary story. He was born in 18 66 in a little village on the east coast of scotland, losima. It seems very likely that his father, who was a farm labourer, simply couldn't afford to marry. For the very brief time, he was allowed to have a happy fonmy life with his wife in up until she died in 19 11. We've a little clip here about ramsey mac donald's father. The speaker is frank markham m p who was mac donald’s parliamentary private secretary. I remember one day ramsey telling me that when he was eight or nine years of age, his mother said to him,
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