John George Stuart Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Kingsbridge (1907 – 8 March 1998) was a British

United Kingdom

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 politician and public servant. He married Frances Lonsdale

Frances Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Kingsbridge

Frances Annesley , Lady Donaldson of Kingsbridge was a British writer and biographer.Her father, Freddie Lonsdale, was a playwright. She married John George Stuart Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Kingsbridge in 1935. Her body of work included topics such as farming and biographies on writers...

 in 1935. He was a soldier, farmer, prison reformer, consumers' champion and, under Jim Callaghan

James Callaghan

Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

, Minister for the Arts

Minister for the Arts

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 from 1976 to 1979. Before his appointment as Arts Minister, Lord Donaldson had served for several years as a Minister of State at Britain's N.I.O.

Northern Ireland Office

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 at Stormont

Stormont Estate

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.

He was created a life peer as Baron Donaldson of Kingsbridge, of Kingsbridge

Kingsbridge

Kingsbridge is a market town and popular tourist hub in the South Hams district of Devon, England, with a population of about 5,800. It is situated at the northern end of the Kingsbridge Estuary, which is a textbook example of a ria and extends to the sea six miles south of the town.-History:The...

 in the County of Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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 on 20 November 1967.

Portraits of Jack Donaldson

The United Kingdom's National Portrait Gallery holds the following portrait featuring Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridge as a sitter: Exhibit number P528: John George Stuart Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Kingsbridge and Frances Annesley (née Lonsdale), Lady Donaldson of Kingsbridge by Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda

Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda

Henry Dermot Ponsonby Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda is a British photographer known professionally as Derry Moore.He inherited the title of Earl of Drogheda from his father, Charles Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda...

. Painted in 1992; medium: colour print; measurements: 14 7/8 in. x 12 in. (379 mm x 305 mm). See http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?search=ap&npgno=P528 for more information.