Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Biographical Chronology
- THE LETTERS
- At Holly Lodge, 1 January 1856–25 August 1857
- Baron Macaulay of Rothley, 29 August 1857–29 December 1858
- The Final Year, 3 January–25 December 1859
- Letters of Uncertain Date, 1839–1859?
- Additional Letters, 4 March 1831–16 December 1848
- Appendixes
- Indexes
Baron Macaulay of Rothley, 29 August 1857–29 December 1858
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Biographical Chronology
- THE LETTERS
- At Holly Lodge, 1 January 1856–25 August 1857
- Baron Macaulay of Rothley, 29 August 1857–29 December 1858
- The Final Year, 3 January–25 December 1859
- Letters of Uncertain Date, 1839–1859?
- Additional Letters, 4 March 1831–16 December 1848
- Appendixes
- Indexes
Summary
1857 August 28
Receives offer of peerage from Palmerston
- August 30–September 14
Continental tour with Ellis: Paris, Rheims, Treves, Brussels
- October 22
Elected High Steward of Cambridge
- December 3
Takes seat in House of Lords
1858 April 1–5
Easter tour to Lichfield and Oxford
- May 11
Speech on installation as High Steward of Cambridge
- August 9
Finishes life of Pitt for Encyclopaedia Britannica
- August 28–September 14
French tour with Ellis: Paris, Lyons, Avignon, Montpellier, Toulouse, Bordeaux
- November 25
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 - 182Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1981