Malcolm MacDonald
Malcolm John MacDonald OM PC (17 August 1901 – 11 January 1981) was a British politician and diplomat. He was initially a Labour Member of Parliament (MP), but in 1931 followed his father Ramsay MacDonald in breaking with the party and joining the National Government, and was consequently expelled from the Labour Party. MacDonald was a government minister during the Second World War and was later Governor of Kenya.
Malcolm MacDonald | |
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MacDonald in 1931 | |
| Governor-General of Kenya | |
| In office 12 December 1963 – 12 December 1964 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Jomo Kenyatta |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Colonial Governor) |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Governor of Kenya | |
| In office 4 January 1963 – 12 December 1963 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Eric Griffith-Jones (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Governor-General) |
| High Commissioner to India | |
| In office 1955–1960 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Sir Archibald Nye |
| Succeeded by | Sir Paul Gore-Booth |
| Commissioner-General for Southeast Asia | |
| In office 1946–1955 | |
| Monarchs | George VI Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Sir Robert Heatlie Scott |
| High Commissioner to Canada | |
| In office 1941–1946 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Gerald Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Clutterbuck |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 13 May 1940 – 8 February 1941 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Walter Elliot |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Brown |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
| In office 16 May 1938 – 12 May 1940 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | The Lord Harlech |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Lloyd |
| In office 7 June 1935 – 22 November 1935 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister |
| Succeeded by | James Henry Thomas |
| Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | |
| In office 31 October 1938 – 29 January 1939 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Lord Stanley |
| Succeeded by | Sir Thomas Inskip |
| In office 22 November 1935 – 16 May 1938 | |
| Monarchs | Edward VIII George VI |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | James Henry Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Lord Stanley |
| Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | |
| In office 24 August 1931 – 7 June 1935 | |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | William Lunn |
| Succeeded by | Edward Stanley |
| Member of Parliament for Ross and Cromarty | |
| In office 10 February 1936 – 15 June 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Ian Macpherson |
| Succeeded by | John MacLeod |
| Member of Parliament for Bassetlaw | |
| In office 30 May 1929 – 25 October 1935 | |
| Preceded by | Ellis Hume-Williams |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Bellenger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Malcolm John MacDonald 17 August 1901 Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland |
| Died | 11 January 1981 (aged 79) Maidstone, Kent, England |
| Resting place | Spynie Cemetery, Morayshire, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour National Labour |
| Spouse |
Audrey Marjorie Fellowes Rowley
(m. 1946) |
| Children | 3 (2 adopted) |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Ishbel MacDonald (sister) |
| Alma mater | Queen's College, Oxford |
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