Ramsay MacDonald
(1866-1937), Prime Minister(James) Ramsay MacDonald
Sitter associated with 72 portraits
With Keir Hardie, MacDonald created the Labour Representation Committee in 1900 and, in a pact with the Liberals, was among the first Labour MPs to be elected in 1906. He was Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party 1911-14 and 1922-31. A moderate, MacDonald persuaded his party to reject communism in 1920. He became Britain's first Labour Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary in 1924. When the Depression brought MacDonald's second term of office to an end in 1931, he became premier of a National Government, but was expelled from the Labour Party. Accused by many of 'falling into the aristocratic embrace', he nevertheless saw Labour overtake the Liberals to become the alternative party of government.
Ishbel MacDonald; Ramsay MacDonald; Sir Arthur Henry Rostron
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1929
NPG x198499
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, circa 1929
NPG x198567
Ramsay MacDonald; William Lyon Mackenzie King
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, early 1930s
NPG x194134
published by J. Millhoff & Co Ltd
bromide cigarette card, published circa 1930
NPG x196383
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 31 August 1931
NPG x88283
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 31 August 1931
NPG x88323
Ramsay MacDonald and his cabinet of 1931
by Press Association Photos
bromide press print, 1931
NPG x184174
'The Prime Minister's Reparations Dilema'
by Central Press
bromide print, 11 January 1932
NPG x20209
by Olive Edis
platinotype on photographer's card mount, 12 October 1933
NPG x14390
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1933
NPG x198393
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1937
NPG x13193
by Walter Stoneman
negative, July 1941
NPG x515
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1923
NPG D9914
The Paulo-Post-Futurist (Ramsay MacDonald)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink, 1924
NPG D9677
The Labours of MacHercules (Ramsay MacDonald)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1924
NPG D9845
by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2680
by Tom Cottrell
chromolithographic cigarette card, 1929
NPG D2837
The Die-Hard (Stanley Baldwin; Ramsay MacDonald)
by Bernard Partridge
ink and wash laid down on board, 1930
NPG D9879
The Master Chemist (Ramsay MacDonald)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink, 1931
NPG D9673
Related People
- Alister Gladstone MacDonald (son)
- Ishbel Allan Peterkin (née MacDonald, later Ridgley) (daughter)
- Malcolm John MacDonald (son)
- Sheila MacDonald (daughter)
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