Sheila Lochhead

Sheila MacDonald Lochhead
Born
Sheila Ramsay MacDonald

(1910-12-07)7 December 1910
Died22 July 1994(1994-07-22) (aged 83)
Swansea, Wales
Resting placeHoly Trinity Church, Spynie, Morayshire, Scotland
Other names
  • Sheila Lochhead
EducationNorth London Collegiate School
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford
OccupationPrison visitor
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Andrew Lochhead
(m. 1948)
Children3
Parents
RelativesMalcolm MacDonald (brother)
Ishbel MacDonald (sister)

Sheila Ramsay Lochhead (née MacDonald; 7 December 1910 – 22 July 1994) was a hostess, prison visitor and writer. In 1924 her widowed father, Ramsay MacDonald, became Britain's Prime Minister. Her sister Ishbel MacDonald, became his political hostess and then Sheila took on the role. Sheila later became a prison visitor, leading the National Association of Official Prison Visitors for three years.