Ken Macdonald

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 byNeil Chalmers
Succeeded byRobert Hannigan
Director of Public Prosecutions
In office
2003–2008
Preceded byDavid Calvert-Smith
Succeeded bySir Keir Starmer
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Donald John Macdonald

(1953-01-04) 4 January 1953 (age 71)
Windsor, Berkshire, England
SpouseLinda Zuck (m. 1980)
Children3
Alma materSt Edmund Hall, Oxford
OccupationBarrister
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.

  1. ^ "Director of Public Prosecutions: Sir Ken Macdonald QC". CPS website. CPS (Crown Copyright). Retrieved 12 October 2007.