Kenneth Macaulay (politician)

For other people with the same name, see Kenneth Macaulay.

Kenneth Macaulay
Member of Parliament
for Cambridge
Personal details
Born1812
Rothley, Leicestershire, England
Died27 July 1867
Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge, England
SpouseHarriet Woollcombe
RelationsMacaulay family of Lewis
Alma materCambridge University

Kenneth Macaulay (1812 – 29 July 1867)[1] was an English Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons between 1852 and 1865.

Macaulay was born on 30 September 1812 in Rothley, Leicestershire, England, the son of Rev. Aulay Macaulay, the vicar of Rothley.[2] He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1835.[3] He was a Cambridge Apostle; 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,[4] but the a petition was lodged and the election was declared void on 1 March 1853. 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,[5] holding it until he stood down at the 1865 general election.[1][6]

Macaulay died on 27 July 1867, in Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge.[7]

  1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
  2. ^ Leicestershire birth records
  3. ^ "Macaulay, Kenneth (FML831K)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ "No. 21341". The London Gazette. 20 July 1852. p. 2011.
  5. ^ "No. 21984". The London Gazette. 3 April 1857. p. 1218.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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