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Thomas Babington Macaulay was born at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire in 1800. He was the son of the abolitionist Zachary Macaulay and his wife Selina (née Mills). He was educated at Trinity College Cambridge and subsequently studied law at Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar in 1826. He first entered Parliament in 1830 as MP for Calne and subsequently for Leeds. He left Parliament in 1834 to serve on the Governor-General's Council in British India, returning to Britain in 1838. In 1839 he re-entered Parliament as MP for Edinburgh, keeping the seat until 1847 and spending several years as a cabinet minister. Macaulay was also known as a poet and author. Between 1839 and 1855 he wrote four volumes of a History of England, which was well-received by many critics. He was granted a peerage in 1857 and buried in Westminster Abbey after his death in 1859.
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GB 0096 AL78 1858 August 12 fonds 2 leaves Macaulay , Thomas Babington , 1800-1859 , Baron Macaulay , historian
Thomas Babington Macaulay was born at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire in 1800. He was the son of the abolitionist Zachary Macaulay and his wife Selina (née Mills). He was educated at Trinity College Cambridge and subsequently studied law at Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar in 1826. He first entered Parliament in 1830 as MP for Calne and subsequently for Leeds. He left Parliament in 1834 to serve on the Governor-General's Council in British India, returning to Britain in 1838. In 1839 he re-entered Parliament as MP for Edinburgh, keeping the seat until 1847 and spending several years as a cabinet minister. Macaulay was also known as a poet and author. Between 1839 and 1855 he wrote four volumes of a History of England, which was well-received by many critics. He was granted a peerage in 1857 and buried in Westminster Abbey after his death in 1859.
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Bound in George Chalmers's copy of James Hopkirk's Account of the Forth and Clyde Navigation, etc (1816) - classmark: [G.L.] I2.816.
Letter from Thomas Babington Macaulay of Holly Lodge, Kensington to Augustus De Morgan, 12 Aug 1858. Inviting him to discuss the meaning of the initials 'P M A C F' [apparently: 'Père Mansuete, A Cordelier (or Capuchin) Friar', Confessor to the Duke of York (afterwards King James II) and author of a broadside account of the death of King Charles II].
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Catalogue of the manuscripts and autograph letters in the University Library at the central building of the University of London (1921). With emendations in the 1930 supplement to the catalogue. A copy of the catalogue and supplement is available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
On negative microfilm - reference: MIC 242/2.
Compiled by Anya Turner.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Aug 2008 Seventeenth century English history Religion Royal family Macaulay , Thomas Babington , 1800-1859 , Baron Macaulay , historian Mansuete , Father , fl 1644-1685 , Catholic priest, Confessor to King James II, and author European history Centuries National history
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Bound in George Chalmers's copy of James Hopkirk's Account of the Forth and Clyde Navigation, etc (1816) - classmark: [G.L.] I2.816.
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Letter from Thomas Babington Macaulay of Holly Lodge, Kensington to Augustus De Morgan, 12 Aug 1858. Inviting him to discuss the meaning of the initials 'P M A C F' [apparently: 'Père Mansuete, A Cordelier (or Capuchin) Friar', Confessor to the Duke of York (afterwards King James II) and author of a broadside account of the death of King Charles II].
Autograph, with signature.
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Catalogue of the manuscripts and autograph letters in the University Library at the central building of the University of London (1921). With emendations in the 1930 supplement to the catalogue. A copy of the catalogue and supplement is available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
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On negative microfilm - reference: MIC 242/2.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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