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Who were Thomas Babington Macaulay’s parents?
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Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Babington Macaulay’s parents were:
- Father: Zachary Macaulay, the son of a Presbyterian minister from the Hebrides. He was a governor of Sierra Leone and a dedicated philanthropist who worked alongside William Wilberforce to advocate for the abolition of slavery.1
- Mother: A Quaker who was the daughter of a Bristol bookseller.1