Ian McDonald

Ian McDonald (29 March 1936 – 28 March 2019) was a civil servant in the UK's Ministry of Defence and was the Ministry's spokesman during the Falklands War.

Life and career

McDonald was born on 29 March 1936, in Langside, Glasgow. Soon thereafter McDonald was conscripted into the army as a translator in Cyprus, However, he frustrated reporters with his mysterious answers to questions, often quoting William Shakespeare in lieu of a response. In one instance he said "Hamlet, Act One, Scene Two, Line 215" which reads "But answer made it none". On Channel 4's documentary When Britain Went To War (2002),

McDonald, who never married nor had children, spent his later years at a villa in Umbria, Italy.