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Ishbel MacDonald. Ishbel Allan MacDonald (2 March 1903 – 20 June 1982) [1] was the daughter of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Ramsay MacDonald [2] and his wife Margaret MacDonald née Gladstone. Margaret's death in 1911 [3] – a year after their son David had died – left Ramsay a single father to his remaining five children.
Ishabel T. MacDonald is a Gaelic tradition bearer who has served Gaelic culture as a singer, singing teacher, song collector, composer and writer. She was very much involved in the first-ever Fèis, held on Barra in 1981, from which the Fèisean movement developed and has contributed to the repertoires of emerging and established singers.
8 de dic. de 2017 · The recently acquired archive of Ishbel Peterkin née MacDonald (1903-1982) sheds light on the burdens of this. Ishbel was the eldest daughter of Ramsay MacDonald, the first Prime Minister for the Labour Party in the UK, first in 1924 and again from 1929 to 1935.
Ishbel MacDonald. (1903-1982), Political hostess and local politician; daughter of (James) Ramsay MacDonald. Ishbel Allan Peterkin (née MacDonald, later Ridgley) Sitter in 7 portraits. Ishbel MacDonald's mother Margaret MacDonald died in 1911.
When Ramsay MacDonald was appointed Prime Minister in 1924, it was decided that Ishbel, as the eldest daughter, should abandon her studies in social sciences and become his official hostess. She was (and still is) the youngest person ever to take on the role.
Ishbel Hall (aka Ishbel Macdonald) is known for Britannia: The Great Elizabethan Journey (2009), The Private Life of Chickens (2010), Who Were the Greeks? (2013) and Britain's Lost Masterpieces (2016 - 2022). She grew up in the Scottish Highlands and studied archaeology and anthropology at the University of Cambridge.
Ishbel Allan MacDonald (2 March 1903 – 20 June 1982) [1] was the daughter of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Ramsay MacDonald [2] and his wife Margaret Gladstone. Margaret's death in 1911 [3] – a year after their son David had died – left Ramsay a single father to his remaining five children.
