James Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937), British Prime Minister Extremadura Behind them lurk the shrouded

Behind them lurk the shrouded and menacing figures of Smallpox and Fever

and war became inevitable

'The Condottiere'

From Charles Dickens: A Gossip about his Life

Illustration from 18th Century Institutions

James Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937), British Prime Minister Extremadura Behind them lurk the shroudedJames Ramsay MacDonald (1866 1937), British Prime Minister, 1926. MacDonald was a British politician and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He rose from humble origins to become the first Labour Prime Minister in 1924. His second period as Prime Minister was during the crisis of the Great Depression when he formed a National Government in which a majority of MPs were from the Conservatives, and as a result he was expelled from the Labour