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Kenneth Macaulay (politician)

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Nationality
  
English

Spouse
  
Harriet Woollcombe

Education
  
University of Cambridge

Alma mater
  
Cambridge University

Parents
  
Aulay Macaulay

Grandparent
  
John Macaulay

Died
  
27 July 1867, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Kenneth Macaulay (1815 – 29 July 1867) 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, the son of Rev. Aulay Macaulay, the vicar of Rothley. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1835. 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, 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, holding it until he stood down at the 1865 general election.

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

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Kenneth Macaulay (politician) Wikipedia


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