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Sheila MacDonald
Sheila Ramsay Lochhead (; 7 December 1910 – 22 July 1994) was a hostess, prison visitor and writer. In 1924 her widowed father, Ramsay MacDonald, became Britain's Prime Minister. Her sister Ishbel MacDonald, became his political hostess and then Sheila took on the role. Sheila later became a prison visitor, leading the National Association of Official Prison Visitors for three years. Biography Lochhead was born Sheila MacDonald in 1910, she was one of six children of Ramsay MacDonald, the future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and his wife Margaret MacDonald (), a social reformer and women's rights activist. MacDonald was head girl at the North London Collegiate School. She then studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Somerville College, Oxford where she won a hockey blue and graduated with a 2:1. She reportedly hoped, at one time, to enter politics. In 1924, her widowed father had become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Along with her sister Ishbel, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomsbury, London
Bloomsbury is a district in the West End of London, part of the London Borough of Camden in England. It is considered a fashionable residential area, and is the location of numerous cultural institution, cultural, intellectual, and educational institutions. Bloomsbury is home of the British Museum, the largest museum in the United Kingdom, and several educational institutions, including University College London and a number of other colleges and institutes of the University of London as well as its central headquarters, the New College of the Humanities, the University of Law, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the British Medical Association and many others. Bloomsbury is an intellectual and literary hub for London, as home of world-known Bloomsbury Publishing, publishers of the ''Harry Potter'' series, and namesake of the Bloomsbury Group, a group of British intellectuals which included author Virginia Woolf, biographer Lytton Strachey, and economist John Maynard Keynes. Bloo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret MacDonald (social Reformer)
Margaret Ethel MacDonald (' Gladstone; 20 July 18708 September 1911) was a British feminist, social reformer, and wife of Labour politician Ramsay MacDonald from 1896 until her death from blood poisoning in 1911. Biography Margaret Gladstone was born on 20 July 1870 in Kensington, London, to John Hall Gladstone, later Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, and his second wife Margaret (nee King), a niece of Lord Kelvin. Her mother died soon after she was born. She was educated both governess, at home and at Doreck College in Bayswater. Early in adulthood she was involved in voluntary social work, including visits for the Charity Organisation Society in Hoxton. Her half sister was Isabella Holmes, who later became a noted social reformer, and an expert on London's burial grounds. By 1890, Margaret was a keen socialist, influenced by the Christian socialists and the Fabian Society. In 1894, she joined the Women's Industrial Council, serving on several committe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
