Malcolm John MacDonald

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Born at Lossiemouth, the son of the Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, he was a National Government MP (1936–1945), holding ministerial posts as Colonial Secretary (1935 and 1938–1940) and Minister for Health (1940–1941). He was High Commissioner in Canada (1941–1946), Governor-General of Malaya and Borneo (1946–1948), and High Commissioner in India (1955–1960). In Kenya he supervised the transition to independence being Governor-General and subsequently High Commissioner (1963–1965). He became HM Special Representative in East and Central Africa (1965–1970). He was a keen ornithologist and author of books on birds.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Malcolm John MacDonald

Date

exhibited 1937

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm

Accession number

5478

Acquisition method

Purchased, 1982

Work type

Painting

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