Kenneth Macaulay

Kenneth Macaulay
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament
for Cambridge
Personal details
Born 1815
Rothley, Leicestershire, England
Died 27 July 1867
Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge, England
Nationality English
Spouse(s) Harriet Woollcombe
Relations Macaulay family of Lewis
Alma mater Cambridge University

Kenneth Macaulay (1815 – 29 July 1867)[1] was an English Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons between 1852 and 1865.

Macaulay was born in 1815 in Rothley, Leicestershire, England. He was the son of Rev. Aulay Macaulay, the vicar of Rothley. Kenneth and his father were descended, in the male-line, from the Macaulay family of Lewis. Macaulay was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1835.[2] In 1843, he married Harriet Woollcombe, daughter of W. Woollcombe.

He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Cambridge at the 1852 general election,[3] but the a petition was lodged and the election was declared void on 1 March 1863. A Royal Commission was established, and the writ of election was suspended until 1854. Macaulay contested the Cambridge again at the 1857 general election, and regained his seat,[4] holding it until he stood down at the 1865 general election.[1][5]

Macaulay died on 27 July 1867, in Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
  2. ^ Macaulay, Kenneth in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  3. ^ London Gazette: no. 21341. p. 2011. 20 July 1852. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  4. ^ London Gazette: no. 21984. p. 1218. 3 April 1857. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  5. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0-900178-26-4. 
  6. ^ Venn, J. A. (1951), Alumni cantabrigienses: a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900, vol IV, pt II, Cambridge University Press, p. 253, http://www.archive.org/details/p2alumnicantabri04univuoft 

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Hon. William Campbell		 Member of Parliament for Cambridge
1852 – 1853
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Preceded by
Robert Adair
Francis Mowatt		 Member of Parliament for Cambridge
1857 – 1865
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