Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
(1800-1859), Historian, poet and politician; MP for Calne, Leeds and Edinburgh; Trustee of the National Portrait GalleryEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 26 portraits
The statesman and historian was among the founding trustees of the National Portrait Gallery, and one of the great intellectual figures of the age. He became a mainstay of the Edinburgh Review, MP from 1830, member of the Supreme Council of India, 1834-38 and Secretary at War, 1839-41, as well as proposing and carrying the copyright bill. Macaulay published his famous History of England, 1848-55. Macaulay is particularly remembered for his controversial 1835 ‘Minute on Indian Education’ which introduced English education to India and created a group within Indian society who are sometimes referred to as ‘Macaulay’s children’.
Related People
- Zachary Macaulay (father)
- Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Bt (nephew)
- Hannah More (née Macaulay), Lady Trevelyan (sister)
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