MACAULAY, Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1 Baron (eld. child of Zachary Macaulay, philanthropist 1768–1838). b. Rothley Temple, Leics. 25 Oct. 1800; began residence at Trin. coll. Camb. Oct. 1818, a fellow 1 Oct. 1824 to 1831; Craven univ. scholar 1821; B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825; D.C.L. Oxford 1853; barrister L.I. 10 Feb. 1826, bencher Jany. 1850 to death; contributed to Edinburgh Review, May 1825 to 1845; a comr. in bankruptcy Jany. 1828 to 1831; M.P. Calne 1830–2, M.P. Leeds 1832–4, M.P. Edinburgh 1839–47 and 18 July 1852 to Jany. 1856; a comr. of board of control July to Dec. 1832, secretary to the board 19 Dec. 1832 to 26 Dec. 1833; fifth member of supreme council of India at Calcutta 4 Dec. 1833 to Dec. 1838; compiled a criminal code for India 1835–7; began his History of England, March 1839; secretary at war with a seat in the cabinet 26 Sep. 1839 to 4 Sep. 1841; proposed a copyright of 42 years from publication, which became law 1842; paymaster general 7 July 1846 to 11 May 1848; lord rector of univ. of Glasgow, Nov. 1848, installed 21 March 1849; F.R.S. 22 Nov. 1849; fellow of univ. of London 1850–9; professor of ancient history in royal academy 1850; created baron Macaulay of Rothley, Leicestershire 10 Sep. 1857; high steward of borough of Cambridge 1857, sworn in 11 May 1858; lived at El The Albany, Piccadilly 1840–56, and at Holly lodge afterwards called Airlie lodge, Campden Hill 1856 to death; author of Critical and miscellaneous essays 5 vols. 1841–4; Lays of ancient Rome 1842; The history of England 5 vols. 1849–61; Speeches 2 vols. 1853; The works of lord Macaulay. Ed. by lady Trevelyan 8 vols. 1866, portrait. d. in his library at Holly lodge, Campden hill, Kensington 28 Dec. 1859. bur. in Poet’s Corner, Westminster abbey 9 Jany. 1860 where is bust, statue by T. Woolner in Trin. coll. Camb. G. O. Trevelyan’s Life and letters of Lord Macaulay 2 vols. (1876), portrait; Men of the time (1857) 489–93; Illustrated Review, iv 1–11 (1873), portrait; Peter Anton’s Masters in history (1884) 123–94; Jerrold, Tennyson and Macaulay. By J. H. Stirling (1868) 112–71; Rev. F. Arnold’s Public life of Lord Macaulay (1862); R. H. Horner’s New spirit of the age, ii 33–50 (1844); D. O. Madden’s Chiefs of parties, ii 113–35 (1859); Proc. of royal society, xi 11–26 (1860); Traits of character. By A Contemporary, ii 1–26 (1860); Fagan’s Reform club (1887) 121, portrait.
MACAULAY, Beata Elizabeth. b. 1800; cousin of lord Macaulay; contributed much to City Press; translated Domestic worship by J. H. Merle D’Aubigné 1846. d. Gurnard, Cowes, Isle of Wight 15 Jany. 1883.
MACAULAY, Charles Zachary. b. 15 Oct. 1813; assistant to sir Benjamin Brodie; private secretary to T. B. Macaulay when secretary at war 1839 to 1841; secretary of the Audit office 1854–65, one of the chairmen 1865–6 when granted pension of £1200; edited under pseudonym of Conway Morel, Authority and conscience, a debate on the tendency of dogmatic theology. London 1871. d. 7 Aug. 1886.
MACAULAY, Colin Campbell (2 son of Aulay Macaulay, V. of Rothley). b. Rothley vicarage 19 Nov. 1799; ed. by his father and at Rugby; clerk to Thomas Burbidge of Leicester, solicitor 1815–28; admitted an attorney and solicitor; member of firm of Greaves and Burbidge of Leicester, solicitors 1831 to death; member of Leicester literary and philosophical society, president 1847–49, contributed many papers to the transactions. d. Knighton lodge, Leicester 20 Oct. 1853. bur. family vault Rothley. G.M. xl 644 (1853).
MACAULAY, Sir James Buchanan (2 son of James Macaulay, inspector general of hospitals). b. Niagara, Ontario, Canada 3 Dec. 1793; ensign 98 foot 14 Dec. 1809; lieut. in Glengarry fencibles 1812–15 when corps was disbanded; fought at Ogdensburg, Oswego, Lundy’s Lane, and at siege of Fort Erie in the war with America; admitted to Canadian bar 1822; judge of court of queen’s bench 1829; chief justice of court of common pleas, Dec. 1849 to 1856 when he retired on a pension; judge of court of error and appeal 1859; chairman of commission appointed to revise and consolidate the statutes of Upper Canada, completed 1858; C.B. 30 Nov. 1858; knighted by patent 13 Jany. 1859. d. Toronto 26 Nov. 1859.
MACAULAY, Kenneth (youngest son of rev. Aulay Macaulay). b. Rothley 1815; ed. at Jesus coll. Camb., B.A. 1835, M.A. 1839; barrister I.T. 3 May 1839, bencher 1850 to death, reader 1864, treasurer 1865; Q.C. Feb. 1850; leader of Midland circuit; M.P. borough of Camb. 9 July 1852, unseated by committee of house of commons Aug. 1854; M.P. Camb. 28 March 1857 to 6 July 1865. d. Shaftesbury road, Brooklands, Cambridge 29 July 1867. Law Times, xliii 224 (1867); I.L.N. xxii 152 (1853), portrait.
MC AULEY, Jeremiah. b. Ireland 1839; went to New York 1852; a thief and prize-fighter; sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for highway robbery 1858, released March 1864; entered the Methodist church and in Oct. 1872 opened a mission called the Helping Hand in Water st. New York; opened the Cremorne mission with his wife Maria 1882; began publication of a weekly paper called Jerry Mc Auley’s Newspaper, June 1883. d. New York 18 Sep. 1884. Jerry Mc Auley, an autobiography ed. by R. M. Offord. New York (1885), portraits of himself and wife.
MACBAIN, Sir James (youngest son of Smith Macbain of Invergordon). b. Kinrhives, Rossshire, April 1828; apprenticed to Andrew Smith of Inverness, warehouseman 1845–50; traveller for firm of Milligan & Co. of Bradford; clerk in bank of New South Wales at Melbourne 1853–7; managing partner for a branch of firm of Gibbs, Ronald & Co. mercantile and squatting agents Melbourne 1858, partner in the London house 1863, the Australian mortgage, land and finance co. bought the business 1865, chairman of the Australian directorate 1865–90; member for Wimmera district of legislative assembly of Victoria 1864–80; member for the Central province, to the legislative council 1880–3; a cabinet minister Aug. 1881 to March 1883; member for South Yarra 1884; pres. of the legislative council 27 Nov. 1884; chairman of Victorian comrs. at Amsterdam exhibition 1883; pres. of executive commission of Melbourne centennial exhibition 1888; knighted by patent 21 June 1886; K.C.M.G. 24 May 1889. d. Scotsburn near Toorak, Melbourne 4 Nov. 1892.
MACBEAN, Archibald. b. 1793; second lieut. R.A. 13 Dec. 1810, lieut.-col. 1 Nov. 1848 to 11 June 1850 when he retired on full pay; L.G. 2 Feb. 1868. d. 1 Lancaster terrace, Regent’s park, London 1 Feb. 1871.
MACBEAN, Frederick. Ensign 6 foot 9 June 1803, captain 16 May 1816; served in the Peninsula 1812–13 and in Upper Canada 1815; major 7 foot 18 July 1826; lieut.-col. 84 foot 2 Nov. 1838 to 10 Dec. 1847 when he sold out; K.H. 1835. d. 15 March 1865 aged 78.