Kenneth Macaulay (colonialist), Kenneth Macaulay
Kenneth Macaulay may refer to: * Kenneth Macaulay (colonialist) (1792–1829), colonial official in Sierra Leone * Kenneth Macaulay (minister) (1723–1779), Scottish church minister and local historian * Kenneth Macaulay (politician) Kenneth Macaulay (1812 – 29 July 1867) 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 Ma ...

Kenneth Macaulay (colonialist)
Kenneth Macaulay (1792-1829) was a merchant and colonial official in British Sierra Leone during the early nineteenth century. Macaulay served as Acting-Governor of Sierra Leone and was appointed as a member of His Majesty's Colonial Council. He was a second cousin of Zachary Macaulay, the abolitionist and member of the Clapham Sect. Early life and background Kenneth Macaulay was born to Aulay Macaulay and Rachel Macaulay, née Rome, and was a member of the Macaulay family of Lewis. Kenneth Macaulay was baptised at Crosby Upon Eden, Cumberland, England on 5 September 1792. Kenneth Macaulay was a second cousin of Zachary Macaulay, a former Governor of Sierra Leone, who had been appointed by the Sierra Leone Company to govern during the pre-Crown colony era. Kenneth Macaulay arrived in the colony in 1808 at the age of sixteen years old to take up the position of government writer. Several Liberated Africans adopted the surname 'Macaulay' or 'Macauley' after Kenneth, who was in cha ...
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Kenneth Macaulay (minister)
Kenneth Macaulay (1723 – 2 March 1779) was a Scottish church minister, and writer of a history of St Kilda, Scotland. Life Macauly was the third son of Aulay Macaulay (1673–1758), minister of Harris, Outer Hebrides, and his wife Margaret Morison. He was educated at King's College, Aberdeen, where he graduated M.A. in 1742. In 1749 he was appointed missionary to Lochaber, but declined it, and in November 1751 he was ordained as assistant and successor to his father, whom he succeeded as sole pastor in 1758. In 1761 he was presented by Archibald, duke of Argyll, to the parish of Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire, and was admitted there in July. In October 1772 he was translated to Braaven, now known as Cawdor. He married in 1758 Penelope Macleod, and they had five children. Neil, the eldest, became a missionary minister in Harris. Macaulay died on 2 March 1779, in his fifty-sixth year, survived by his wife. ''The History of St Kilda'' Macaulay visited St Kilda in 1759, on behalf of th ...
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