The Lord Macdonald of River Glaven | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 12 July 2010 Life Peerage | |
| Warden of Wadham College, Oxford | |
| In office 2012–2021 | |
| Preceded by | Neil Chalmers |
| Succeeded by | Robert Hannigan |
| Director of Public Prosecutions | |
| In office 2003–2008 | |
| Preceded by | David Calvert-Smith |
| Succeeded by | Sir Keir Starmer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kenneth Donald John Macdonald 4 January 1953 Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Spouse | Linda Zuck (m. 1980) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | St Edmund Hall, Oxford |
| Occupation | Barrister academic administrator |
Kenneth Donald John Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of River Glaven, KC (born 4 January 1953) is a British lawyer and politician who served as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of England and Wales from 2003 to 2008.[1] In that office he was head of the Crown Prosecution Service. He was previously a recorder (part-time judge) and defence barrister. He is a life peer in the House of Lords, where he sits as a crossbencher and was previously a Liberal Democrat. He was Warden of Wadham College, Oxford until 2021.