NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Donald Maclean

Sir Donald Maclean (January 9, 1864 – June 15, 1932), was a Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ...

Born in Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire, he was the eldest son of John Maclean, a cordwainer originally of Kilmoluag, in the Inner Hebrides, and his wife Agnes Macmellin Maclean. Location within the British Isles Farnworth is a town in the borough of Bolton in England. ... Statistics Population: 139,403 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD715095 Administration Metropolitan borough: Bolton Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Ambulance service: North West Post office and telephone... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... A cordwainer (or cordovan) is somebody who makes shoes and other articles from fine soft leather. ... The Hebrides (Inner Hebrides in red) The Inner Hebrides are a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. ...

Maclean practised as a solicitor before becoming a Liberal Member of Parliament. He represented a number of constituencies, first Bath (1906-1910), next Peebles and Selkirk (1910-1918), Peebles and South Midlothian (1918-1922), and finally the Northern Division of Cornwall from 1929 to 1932. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Bath is a constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Peeblesshire was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1868, when it was combined with Selkirk to form Peebles and Selkirk. ... Peeblesshire was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1868, when it was combined with Selkirk to form Peebles and Selkirk. ... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county in South West England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ...

He was knighted and became a Privy Councillor in 1916, and was Leader of the Liberal Parliamentary Party from 1918 to 1922, as the nominal leader of the Liberal Party, Herbert Henry Asquith had lost his seat in the House of Commons. For two years he also served as Leader of the Opposition, while Labour had no official leader and Sinn Féin refused to participate in parliamentary government. This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... The Right Honourable Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC (12 September 1852â€“15 February 1928) served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. ... Sinn FÃ©in (pronounced in English, in Irish) is a name used by a series of Irish political movements of the 20th century, each of which claimed sole descent from the original party established by Arthur Griffith in 1905. ...

Towards the end of his life, Maclean joined the National Government, a coalition. He served as President of the Board of Education from 1931 to 1932, when he died from cardiovascular disease at the age of sixty-eight. In the United Kingdom the term National Government is in an abstract sense used to refer to a coalition of some or all major political parties. ... A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a cabinet in parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. ... The Secretary of State for Education and Skills is the chief minister of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom government. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Coronary heart disease. ...

Maclean is buried with his wife, Gwendolen, and his eldest son, Ian, in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Penn, Buckinghamshire. Another of his four sons was the diplomat and spy, Donald Duart Maclean. Penn is a village in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, about 3 miles (5 km) north west of Beaconsfield and 4 miles (6 km) east of High Wycombe. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... Spy and secret agent redirect here; for alternate use, see Spy (disambiguation) and Secret agent (disambiguation). ... Donald Duart Maclean Donald Duart Maclean (25 May 1913 â€“ 6 March 1983) was a career British diplomat turned Soviet intelligence agent. ...

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