Donald Maclean (British politician)

Sir Donald Maclean
Leader of the Opposition
In office
14 December 1918 – 12 February 1920
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byH. H. Asquith
Succeeded byH. H. Asquith
President of the Board of Education
In office
25 August 1931 – 15 June 1932
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded byHastings Lees-Smith
Succeeded byEdward Wood
President of the Liberal Party
In office
1923 – 14 October 1926
LeaderH. H. Asquith
Preceded byJ. M. Robertson
Succeeded byJ. A. Spender
Member of Parliament
for North Cornwall
In office
30 May 1929 – 15 June 1932
Preceded byAlfred Williams
Succeeded byFrancis Acland
Member of Parliament
for Peebles and Southern Midlothian
Peebles and Selkirk (1910–1918)
In office
19 December 1910 – 26 October 1922
Preceded byWilliam Younger
Succeeded byJoseph Westwood
Member of Parliament
for Bath
In office
8 February 1906 – 10 February 1910
Preceded byEdmond Wodehouse
Succeeded byLord Alexander Thynne
Personal details
Born
Donald Maclean

9 January 1864 (1864-01-09)
Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire, England
Died15 June 1932(1932-06-15) (aged 68)
London, England
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Gwendolen Margaret Devitt
(m. 1907)

Sir Donald Maclean KBE (9 January 1864 – 15 June 1932) was a British Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Leader of the Opposition between 1918 and 1920 and served in the Cabinet of Ramsay MacDonald's National Government as President of the Board of Education from 1931 until his death in June the following year.


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