Modern English biography

where is bust, statue by T. Woolner in Trin. coll. Camb. _G. O. Trevelyan’s Life and letters of Lord Macaulay_ 2 _vols._ (1876), _portrait_; _Men of the time_ (1857) 489–93; _Illustrated Review_, _iv_ 1–11 (1873), _portrait_; _Peter Anton’s Masters in history_ (1884) 123–94; _Jerrold, Tennyson and Macaulay. By J. H. Stirling_ (1868) 112–71; _Rev. F. Arnold’s Public life of Lord Macaulay_ (1862); _R. H. Horner’s New spirit of the age_, _ii_ 33–50 (1844); _D. O. Madden’s Chiefs of parties_, _ii_ 113–35 (1859); _Proc. of royal society_, _xi_ 11–26 (1860); _Traits of character. By A Contemporary_, _ii_ 1–26 (1860); _Fagan’s Reform club_ (1887) 121, _portrait_. MACAULAY, BEATA ELIZABETH. _b._ 1800; cousin of lord Macaulay; contributed much to City Press; translated Domestic worship by J. H. Merle D’Aubigné 1846. _d._ Gurnard, Cowes, Isle of Wight 15 Jany. 1883. MACAULAY, CHARLES ZACHARY. _b._ 15 Oct. 1813; assistant to sir Benjamin Brodie; private secretary to T. B. Macaulay when secretary at war 1839 to 1841; secretary of the Audit office 1854–65, one of the chairmen 1865–6 when granted pension of £1200; edited under pseudonym of Conway Morel, Authority and conscience, a debate on the tendency of dogmatic theology. London 1871. _d._ 7 Aug. 1886. MACAULAY, COLIN CAMPBELL (2 son of Aulay Macaulay, V. of Rothley). _b._ Rothley vicarage 19 Nov. 1799; ed. by his father and at Rugby; clerk to Thomas Burbidge of Leicester, solicitor 1815–28; admitted an attorney and solicitor; member of firm of Greaves and Burbidge of Leicester, solicitors 1831 to death; member of Leicester literary and philosophical society, president 1847–49, contributed many papers to the transactions. _d._ Knighton lodge, Leicester 20 Oct. 1853. _bur._ family vault Rothley. _G.M. xl_ 644 (1853). MACAULAY, SIR JAMES BUCHANAN (2 son of James Macaulay, inspector general of hospitals). _b._ Niagara, Ontario, Canada 3 Dec. 1793; ensign 98 foot 14 Dec. 1809; lieut. in Glengarry fencibles 1812–15 when corps was disbanded; fought at Ogdensburg, Oswego, Lundy’s Lane, and at siege of Fort Erie in the war with America; admitted to Canadian bar 1822; judge of court of queen’s bench 1829; chief justice of court of common pleas, Dec. 1849 to 1856 when he retired on a pension; judge of court of error and appeal 1859; chairman of commission appointed to revise and consolidate the statutes of Upper Canada, completed 1858; C.B. 30 Nov. 1858; knighted by patent 13 Jany. 1859. _d._ Toronto 26 Nov. 1859. MACAULAY, KENNETH (youngest son of rev. Aulay Macaulay). _b._ Rothley 1815; ed. at Jesus coll. Camb., B.A. 1835, M.A. 1839; barrister I.T. 3 May 1839, bencher 1850 to death, reader 1864, treasurer 1865; Q.C. Feb. 1850; leader of Midland circuit; M.P. borough of Camb. 9 July 1852, unseated by committee of house of commons Aug. 1854; M.P. Camb. 28 March 1857 to 6 July 1865. _d._ Shaftesbury road, Brooklands, Cambridge 29 July 1867. _Law Times_, _xliii_ 224 (1867); _I.L.N. xxii_ 152 (1853), _portrait_. MC AULEY, JEREMIAH. _b._ Ireland 1839; went to New York 1852; a thief and prize-fighter; sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for highway robbery 1858, released March 1864; entered the Methodist church and in Oct. 1872 opened a mission called the Helping Hand in Water st. New York; opened the Cremorne mission with his wife Maria 1882; began publication of a weekly paper called Jerry Mc Auley’s Newspaper, June 1883. _d._ New York 18 Sep. 1884. _Jerry Mc Auley, an autobiography ed. by R. M. Offord. New York_ (1885), _portraits of himself and wife_. MACBAIN, SIR JAMES (youngest son of Smith Macbain of Invergordon). _b._ Kinrhives, Rossshire, April 1828; apprenticed to Andrew Smith of Inverness, warehouseman 1845–50; traveller for firm of Milligan & Co. of Bradford; clerk in bank of New South Wales at Melbourne 1853–7; managing partner for a branch of firm of Gibbs, Ronald & Co. mercantile and squatting agents Melbourne 1858, partner in the London house 1863, the Australian mortgage, land and finance co. bought the business 1865, chairman of the Australian directorate 1865–90; member for Wimmera district of legislative assembly of Victoria 1864–80; member for the Central province, to the legislative council 1880–3; a cabinet minister Aug. 1881 to March 1883; member for South Yarra 1884; pres. of the legislative council 27 Nov. 1884; chairman of Victorian comrs. at Amsterdam exhibition 1883; pres. of executive commission of Melbourne centennial exhibition 1888; knighted by patent 21 June 1886; K.C.M.G. 24 May 1889. _d._ Scotsburn near Toorak, Melbourne 4 Nov. 1892. MACBEAN, ARCHIBALD. _b._ 1793; second lieut. R.A. 13 Dec. 1810, lieut.-col. 1 Nov. 1848 to 11 June 1850 when he retired on full pay; L.G. 2 Feb. 1868. _d._ 1 Lancaster terrace, Regent’s park, London 1 Feb. 1871. MACBEAN, FREDERICK. Ensign 6 foot 9 June 1803, captain 16 May 1816; served in the Peninsula 1812–13 and in Upper Canada 1815; major 7 foot 18 July 1826; lieut.-col. 84 foot 2 Nov. 1838 to 10 Dec. 1847 when he sold out; K.H. 1835. _d._ 15 March 1865 aged 78. M’BEAN, JAMES. _b._ 1795; presbyterian minister; librarian to univ. of St. Andrews 1839–70. _d._ 8 Queen st. St. Andrews 26 April 1886. MACBEAN, SIR WILLIAM (son of Wm. Frederick Macbean, lieut.-col. 6 foot). _b._ Southampton 1782; cadet in service of Seven united provinces 1794; ensign 6 foot 20 Feb. 1796, captain 25 Oct. 1804; major on Portuguese and Spanish staff 16 Feb. 1809, brevet lieut.-col. 1811, placed on h.p. 1814; lieut.-col. 100 foot 7 Dec. 1815, regiment was made 99 foot and disbanded at Chatham 2 Sep. 1818 when placed on h.p.; lieut.-col. 54 foot 5 Oct. 1820, placed on h.p. 1 Oct. 1829; colonel of 92 foot 31 May 1843 to death; general 20 June 1854; K.T.S. 1812; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 13 Sep. 1831. _d._ St. John’s road, Fulham near London 24 May 1855. M’BEAN, WILLIAM. Ensign 93 foot 10 Aug. 1854, lieut.-col. 29 Oct. 1873 to 16 Feb. 1878 when he retired on a pension; M.G. 16 Feb. 1878; V.C. for killing eleven of the enemy with his own hand in the main breach of the Begum Bagh at Lucknow 11 March