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Baron Macaulay of Rothley, 29 August 1857–29 December 1858

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2010

Thomas MacAulay
Prologue by
Thomas Pinney
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1857 August 28

Receives offer of peerage from Palmerston

  1. - August 30–September 14

  2. Continental tour with Ellis: Paris, Rheims, Treves, Brussels

  3. - October 22

  4. Elected High Steward of Cambridge

  5. - December 3

  6. Takes seat in House of Lords

1858 April 1–5

Easter tour to Lichfield and Oxford

  1. - May 11

  2. Speech on installation as High Steward of Cambridge

  3. - August 9

  4. Finishes life of Pitt for Encyclopaedia Britannica

  5. - August 28–September 14

  6. French tour with Ellis: Paris, Lyons, Avignon, Montpellier, Toulouse, Bordeaux

  7. - November 25

  8. Marriage of Margaret Trevelyan to Henry Holland

Selina and Frances Macaulay 29 August 1857

TO SELINA AND FRANCES MACAULAY, 29 AUGUST 1857

MS: Trinity College.

Holly Lodge Kensington / August 29. 1857

My dearest sisters,

What I am going to tell you must be for the present a strict secret.

I received yesterday a letter from Lord Palmerston informing me that the Queen had permitted him to offer me a peerage. I was greatly surprised: but I did not hesitate one moment. I notified my respectful and grateful acceptance; and, in a few days, I expect to be Lord Macaulay. I must be Lord Macaulay of some place; and I find it difficult to make a selection. I think I shall be Lord Macaulay of Rothley.

At my time of life and with my habits of mind, I am not likely to be much elated by such distinctions. But it is agreeable to me to think that I have never directly or indirectly solicited anything of the kind.

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The Letters of Thomas Babington MacAulay , pp. 111 - 182
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 1981

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