Editing Malcolm MacDonald (section)

==Early life and education==
Malcolm John MacDonald, the second son of future [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Ramsay MacDonald]] and [[Margaret MacDonald (social reformer)|Margaret MacDonald]]'s six siblings, was born in [[Lossiemouth]] on 17 August 1901.{{Sfn|Hussainmiya|2014|p=395}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beauty and Diplomacy: The Malcolm MacDonald Collections |url=https://stories.durham.ac.uk/macdonald/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Oriental Museum Durham University}}</ref> Alister, his older sister, was born in 1899, while [[Ishbel MacDonald|Ishbel]], Davis, and [[Sheila Lochhead]], his three younger siblings, were born in 1903, 1904, and 1910, respectively. He had a peaceful, natural life in Lossiemouth with his family, which served as inspiration for his poetry. He documented his observations of 252 bird species in the [[Moray Firth]] and its environs in his first book, ''Birdwatching in Lossiemouth''. Margaret, the mother of Malcolm, was active in the [[Women's Industrial Council]] and the [[National Union of Women Workers]], having grown up in a community-focused setting. He was deeply affected by the death of his mother in 1911 when he was ten years old since his parents had taught him the importance of genuine friendship and community duty.{{Sfn|Yusoff|Mustafa|Wahid|Muda|2022|p=1669}}

Educated at [[Bedales School]] and earned his degrees in economics and history from [[Queen's College, Oxford]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Association Press |date=1981-01-12 |title=MALCOLM MACDONALD, BRITISH ENVOY AND SON OF EX-PRIME MINISTER |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/12/obituaries/malcolm-macdonald-british-envoy-and-son-of-ex-prime-minister.html |access-date=2024-09-18 |work=[[New York Times]]}}</ref> He was involved in debating competitions and represented the United Kingdom in conferences held in [[Honolulu]] in 1927 and [[Kyoto]] in 1929 under the auspices of the [[Institute of Pacific Relations]].{{Sfn|Yusoff|Mustafa|Wahid|Muda|2022|p=1669}}