UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 25 October 1800

Died: 28 December 1859

1st Baron Macaulay - 16 September 1857

Member of Privy Council - 30 September 1839

son of Zachary Macaulay

son of Selina Mills

Trinity College, Cambridge

Lincoln's Inn (1822 -)

Secretary to the Board of Control	December 1832	December 1833
Secretary at War	27 September 1839	30 August 1841
Paymaster General	7 July 1846	8 May 1848

15 February 1830	Calne	Whig	Unopposed
2 August 1830	Calne	Whig
2 May 1831	Calne	Whig	Unopposed
June 1832 Resignation of Thomas Macaulay on appointment as a Commissioner of the India Board.
13 June 1832	Calne	Whig	Unopposed
14 December 1832	Leeds	Whig	1,984	55.92
1833 Resignation of Thomas Macaulay on appointment as a Member of the Council in India.
4 June 1839	Edinburgh	Whig	Unopposed
27 September 1839 Resignation of Thomas Macaulay on appointment as Secretary at War.
23 January 1840	Edinburgh	Whig	Unopposed
1 July 1841	Edinburgh	Whig	Unopposed
7 July 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Thomas Macaulay on appointment as Paymaster-General of the Forces.
15 July 1846	Edinburgh	Whig	1,735	67.59
31 July 1847	Edinburgh	Whig	1,477	46.34
14 July 1852	Edinburgh	Whig	1,872	54.45
22 January 1856 Resignation of Rt Hon Thomas Macaulay.