Architect. The eldest of the six children of Great Britain's first Labour Prime Minister, he was educated at Bedales School in Hampshire. He was a pacifist during the First World War, and volunteered as an orderly with the Friends Ambulance Unit. After the Armistice, he studied architecture at London University, becoming a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1926 and, in 1942, a Fellow. During the 1930s, he specialized in cinema building, notably the news-theaters at Victoria and Waterloo Stations in London, and many theaters in Scotland. In the Second World War, he served as a fireman in the vigil around St. Paul's Cathedral; and, after the War, designed the Methodist Churches in Amersham, Harlesden, and High Wycombe, as well as the town centre redevelopment in St. Austell. He was married twice, with five children, and died in Brighton.
Architect. The eldest of the six children of Great Britain's first Labour Prime Minister, he was educated at Bedales School in Hampshire. He was a pacifist during the First World War, and volunteered as an orderly with the Friends Ambulance Unit. After the Armistice, he studied architecture at London University, becoming a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1926 and, in 1942, a Fellow. During the 1930s, he specialized in cinema building, notably the news-theaters at Victoria and Waterloo Stations in London, and many theaters in Scotland. In the Second World War, he served as a fireman in the vigil around St. Paul's Cathedral; and, after the War, designed the Methodist Churches in Amersham, Harlesden, and High Wycombe, as well as the town centre redevelopment in St. Austell. He was married twice, with five children, and died in Brighton.
Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine
Inscription
In loving memory of
Isabella Allan Ramsay
who died at Lossiemouth 4th. Feby. 1893
aged 82 years.
Also of her brother
Rev. Alexander Allan, M.A.
who died at Elgin 2nd. January 1847,
aged 27 years.
Also her son Alexander,
born 15th. Decr. 1841, died 25th. Decr. 1908.
And her daughter Anne,
born 4th. Augt. 1843, died 11th. Feby. 1910.
Mother of J. Ramsay MacDonald.
And his daughters
Joan Margaret MacKinnon
born 28th. April 1908, died 23rd. August 1989
Sheila Ramsay Lochhead
born 7th. Dec. 1910, died 22nd. July 1994
Also his eldest son
Alister Gladstone MacDonald
born 18th. May 1898, died 22nd. March 1993.
Erected by her family.
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