Person Macaulay; Thomas Babington (1800 - 1859); Baron Macaulay Macaulay Thomas Babington 1800 - 1859 British Male Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, England 25 October 1800 Holly Lodge, Campden Hill, Kensington, London 28 December 1859 Burial: Poet's Corner (at the foot of Addison's statue), Westminster Abbey, London

Poet; historian; barrister Education: Trinity College, Cambridge Career: Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge (1824); called to the Bar (1826); Commissioner in Bankruptcy (1828); MP for Calne, Wiltshire (1830); MP for Leeds (1831); Member, Supreme Council of India (1834-1838); President of the Commission for composing a criminal code for India (1835); returned to England (1838); began writing a 'History of England' (1839); MP for Edinburgh (1839-1847); Secretary of War (1839-1841); died of heart failure Honours: Baron 1857 Eldest son of Zachary Macaulay (FRS 1821) and his wife Selina Mills, daughter of a Quaker bookseller of Bristol Fellow 22/11/1849 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1860-1862 vol 11 pp xi-xxvi Notes: Elected a Fellow before becoming Baron. References: R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 25 Oct 1800 - 28 Dec 1859 NA7906 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 4c45a56f-b38d-4ef6-a7ee-b8503cac42e0