Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay
1800 – 1859 · aged 59
British historian and politician (1800–1859)
- Born
- 25 Oct 1800 · Rothley Court
- Died
- 28 Dec 1859 · London
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- 25 Oct 1800BornBorn in Rothley Court
- 1830RoleMember of the 8th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1830 – 1831RoleMember of the 9th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1831 – 1832RoleMember of the 10th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1832 – 1834RoleMember of the 11th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1839 – 1841RoleMember of the 13th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1839 – 1841RoleSecretary at War
- 1841 – 1847RoleMember of the 14th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1846 – 1848RolePaymaster General
- 1852 – 1856RoleMember of the 16th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 28 Dec 1859DiedDied in London
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- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
Biography
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was a British historian, poet and Whig politician who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster General between 1846 and 1848. He is best known for his The History of England, a seminal example of Whig history, which expressed Macaulay's belief in the inevitability of sociopolitical progress and has been widely commended for its prose style. Whig historians, including Macaulay, supported the position of the Roundheads in the English Civil War of 1642 to 1651.
Macaulay also played a substantial role in determining India's education policy.
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