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MacDonald was born at Gregory Place, Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland, the illegitimate son of John MacDonald, a farm labourer, and Anne Ramsay, a housemaid. [3] Registered at birth as James McDonald (sic) Ramsay, he was known as Jaimie MacDonald.
Jul 28, 1999 · Ramsay MacDonald (born October 12, 1866, Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland—died November 9, 1937, at sea en route to South America) was the first Labour Party prime minister of Great Britain, in the Labour governments of 1924 and 1929–31 and in the national coalition government of 1931–35.
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James Ramsay MacDonald was born on 12 October 1866 in Lossiemouth, Morayshire, the illegitimate son of a crofter. He worked as a teacher locally and then moved to London where he...
Born 12 October 1866, James Ramsay MacDonald was the first Labour Prime Minister and came from a working class family. He grew up in Lossiemouth, Scotland.
Ramsay MacDonald came from a working-class family in the village of Lossiemouth in 1866. He was the illegitimate son of a serving girl and he never knew his father. Raised locally, he was intelligent and read widely.
Ramsay MacDonald was born in Lossiemouth as the illegitimate son of John MacDonald, a gardener, and Anne Ramsay, a housemaid. At birth he was registered under the name of James MacDonald Ramsay, but while growing up was known as Jaimie MacDonald.
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May 29, 2018 · Ramsay MacDonald, born in October 1866 in the little peasant and fishing village of Lossiemouth in Morayshire, Scotland, was the illegitimate son of Anne Ramsay, a farm servant, and John MacDonald, a plowman and a Highlander from the Black Isle of Ross.
