Political hostess. In 1924, her father was elected as Prime Minister of Great Britain's first Labour Government; but, as Margaret MacDonald had died in 1911, it was decided that Ishbel should be the hostess at 10 Downing Street. At twenty years of age, she remains the youngest person to have taken on that role. In 1931, she was elected to the London County Council as the Labour Party representative for Bow and Bromley. Later that year, her father formed the National Labour Party and entered into a coalition, which Ishbel declined to join; however, as she remained as Hostess, the Labour group on the council decided that she was no longer eligible for the whip; following which, she continued to sit on the Council as an Independent Socialist. After her father's resignation in 1935, she bought a public house (The Old Plow, at Speen, in Buckinghamshire) which she continued to run until 1952. She was married twice, but had no children, and retired to the family home in Lossiemouth in Scotland, where she died.
Political hostess. In 1924, her father was elected as Prime Minister of Great Britain's first Labour Government; but, as Margaret MacDonald had died in 1911, it was decided that Ishbel should be the hostess at 10 Downing Street. At twenty years of age, she remains the youngest person to have taken on that role. In 1931, she was elected to the London County Council as the Labour Party representative for Bow and Bromley. Later that year, her father formed the National Labour Party and entered into a coalition, which Ishbel declined to join; however, as she remained as Hostess, the Labour group on the council decided that she was no longer eligible for the whip; following which, she continued to sit on the Council as an Independent Socialist. After her father's resignation in 1935, she bought a public house (The Old Plow, at Speen, in Buckinghamshire) which she continued to run until 1952. She was married twice, but had no children, and retired to the family home in Lossiemouth in Scotland, where she died.
Inscription
Past to where
beyond these voices
there is peace
Beneath this stone
placed here in affectionate
remembrance by
J. Ramsay MacDonald
lie the ashes of
David Ramsay MacDonald
born 4 July 1904 Died 3 February 1910
Margaret Ethel MacDonald
born 20 July 1870 died 8th. September 1911
Also the ashes of
James Ramsay MacDonald
born 12th. October 1866
died 9th. November 1937
and of his son
Malcolm John MacDonald
born 17th. Aug. 1901 died 11th. Jan. 1981
and of his daughter
Ishbel Allan Peterkin
born 2.3.1903 died 14.6.1982
The epitaph is from The Idylls of the King, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
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