Kenneth Macaulay (1812 – 29 July 1867) was an English Conservative Party politician. He sat in the

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between 1852 and 1865. Macaulay was born on 30 September 1812 in Rothley, Leicestershire, England, the son of Rev.

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, the vicar of Rothley. He was educated at

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, graduating B.A. in 1835. He was a

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; in 1843, he married Harriet Woollcombe, daughter of W. Woollcombe. He was elected as a

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for

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at the 1852 general election, but the a

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was lodged and the election was declared void on 1 March 1853. A Royal Commission was established, and the

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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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macaulay, Kenneth 1815 births 1867 deaths

Kenneth Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byn ...

Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge