Ramsay MacDonald

James Ramsay MacDonald FRS (né James McDonald Ramsay; 12 October 1866 – 9 November 1937) was a British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the first who belonged to the Labour Party.

Early life
MacDonald was born at Gregory Place, Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland, the illegitimate son of John MacDonald, a farm labourer, and Anne Ramsay, a housemaid. Registered at birth as James McDonald Ramsay, he was known as Jaimie MacDonald. His mother had worked as a domestic servant at Claydale farm, near Alves, where his father was also employed. They were to have been married, but the wedding never took place, either because the couple quarrelled and chose not to marry, or because Anne's mother, Isabella Ramsay, stepped in to prevent her daughter from marrying a man she deemed unsuitable.

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Early politcal career
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Labour Party leader
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MacDonald government
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British Civil War
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Exile
Fleeing persecution from the National Fascisti government, Macdonald and many members of the Labour Party fled the country. The bulk of the refugees fled across the Atlantic to the United States and Canada, with some travelling across the channel to Belgium and other friendly European states.

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Death
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