The late George V had great respect for the late James Ramsay MacDonald, Great Britain's first and only Labor Prime Minister. Partly because of this, and partly because he threw over his own party to form Britain's first National Government in 1931, Laborite MacDonald held a Cabinet job in Conservative Governments long after he had lost his following and popularity.
Between Ramsay MacDonald and his second-born, Malcolm, there early developed a remarkable father-&-son relationship. Young Malcolm, a small, bespectacled, studious man as compared to his ruddy-cheeked handsome father, followed the Elder MacDonald from...
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