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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Macaulay    
First Name(s)  Thomas Babington    
Titles, Honours, etc.  First Baron    
Birth Year  1800    
Death Year  1859    
Entry  Born Oct. 25, 1800 : son of Zachary Macaulay : educated at private schools and at Trinity College, Cambridge : Fellow, 1824 : gained the Chancellor's English verse prizes on Pompeii and Evening : Commissioner in Bankruptcy, 1828 : M.P. for Calne, 1830 ; for Leeds, 1831 : Commissioner of the Board of Control, 1832 : Secretary, 1833 : helped to carry the Bill of 1833 for renewing the charter of the E. I. Co. : made a great speech on the second reading : appointed Legal Member of the Supreme Council in India : went out in 1834 : landed at Madras in June : was at Ootacamund with Lord W. Bentinck, the Governor General, until he went on to Calcutta in September. As Legal Member, he was head of the Law Commission and largely responsible for the preparation of the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure. He also wrote a great minute on Education in India, and obtained a decision in preference of English studies rather than of Oriental languages and literature. His sister married (Sir) Charles Trevelyan, and Macaulay lived with them in Calcutta, in the house in Chowringhi now occupied by the Bengal Club. He resigned his appointment on Jan. 17, 1838. He wrote his essay on Clive in Jan. 1840, and on Warren Hastings in Oct. 1841 : M.P. for Edinburgh, 1839-47 and 1852 : Secretary at War, and in the Cabinet, 1839 Bill for the renewal of the E. I. Co.'s Charter : in 1854 he was Chairman of the Committee appointed to arrange for the examination of candidates for the Indian Civil Service by open competition, and wrote the report. He died Dec. 28, 1859. His parliamentary career, his History of England and literary productions had, except in respect of the matters above mentioned, no special connexion with India.     
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