Series
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/32
Date: 1661-1717
By far the greater part of this collection consists of certain official records of the administration, as Lord High Treasurer (from June 1673...
Series
James Ramsay MacDonald and Margaret Ethel MacDonald: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/69
What's it about?
PRO 30/69
As well as official papers of Ramsay MacDonald as prime minister, foreign secretary and lord president of the Council, the collection contains his political, constituency, personal and literary papers. There are also family and personal papers of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 30/69
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Title (The name of the record)
- James Ramsay MacDonald and Margaret Ethel MacDonald: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1793-1937
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Description (What the record is about)
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As well as official papers of Ramsay MacDonald as prime minister, foreign secretary and lord president of the Council, the collection contains his political, constituency, personal and literary papers.
There are also family and personal papers of Margaret MacDonald (feminist, social reformer and wife of Ramsay MacDonald) dating back to the eighteenth century, a few early papers of Malcolm MacDonald (son of Ramsay and Margaret), and some of Sir Frank Markham assembled for a projected biography of Ramsay MacDonald.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological within subject headings
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- MacDonald, James Ramsay, 1866-1937
- MacDonald, Margaret Ethel, 1870-1911
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1835 files, photographs and volumes
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Not to be copied without advice from the Copyright Officer. Permission is required for use in published works. When permission is given, the acknowledgement to use is: 'Copyright material from the Ramsay MacDonald papers is reproduced by permission of his granddaughter.'
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Personal and family papers
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Selective lists of letters in PRO 30/69/1-9, 667-684, 714-760, 862-905, 976-1018, 1135-1184 and 1047-1448; a name index to correspondents; and an index to photographs are available in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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James Ramsay MacDonald became leader of the Labour Party in 1922. He served as Prime Minister in 1924 and again between 1929-1931 (in a Labour Government) and 1931-1935 (in a National Government). He then served as Lord President of the Council until his death in 1937.
Margaret Ethel MacDonald (née Gladstone) was married to Ramsay MacDonald from 1896 until her death in 1911.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12015/
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