Died
John: 5 April 1874
Charles: 15 May 1922
Sources
Belfast Newsletter
Cumbria BMD
Ancestry
London Gazette
Glasgow Herald
De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour
Place
Walks
Rev John Macaulay and his son Colonel Charles Edward Macaulay
In Affectionate Remembrance of
The Revd. John Macaulay M. A.
Honorary Canon of Carlisle
And for 25 years Rector of the Parish
Entered into rest on Easter Day April the 5th 1874 aged 68
He giveth his beloved sleep
On the other side:
Also of his son
Colonel Charles Edward Macaulay Indian Staff Corps
Who died 15th May 1922 aged 83 years
There is no separation in the Kingdom of God
Sursum Corda
Sursum Corda = ”Lift up your hearts”.
Inside the church is the impressive plaque commemorating his 4 grandsons killed in war.
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE FOUR GRANDSONS OF REV CANON JOHN MACAULAY RECTOR OF THIS PARISH 1840 – 1874
PERCY JOHN FREDERICK MACAULAY LIEUT. ROYAL ENGINEERS. KILLED IN ACTION AT WANA 3RD NOVEMBER 1894, DURING A NIGHT ATTACK ON BRITISH CAMP BY MAHSUD WAZIRIS NORTH WEST FRONTIER, INDIA. AGED 27.
KENNETH ZACHARY POLLOCK MACAULAY LIEUT. LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT DIED OF WOUNDS AT MIDDELBURG, TRANSVAAL 30TH JANUARY 1901. THREE DAYS BEFORE WHEN ON REAR GUARD (MOUNTED INFANTRY) RETREATING FROM CAROLINE HE FELL WHILST “ENCOURAGING HIS MEN IN THE MOST GALLANT MANNER.” AGED 28.
FREDERIC CHARLES MACAULAY SERGT. 1ST REGIMENT KING EDWARD’S HORSE KILLED IN ACTION ON THE FRONT LINE BETWEEN MAROC AND LOOS, FRANCE. 14 JANUARY 1916 AGED 41.
The above are the only sons of
Col. Charles Edward Macaulay, Indian Staff Corps
FRANK GORDON MACAULAY SERGT. CANADIAN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS KILLED IN ACTION DURING AN INTENSE BOMBARDMENT BY THE ENEMY AT ZILLEBEKE NEAR YPRES 4TH JUNE 1916. AGED 29.
Only son of the late Alfred Russell Macaulay
“DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI”
“Greater love hath no man than this.”
Rev. Canon John Macaulay
Rev. Canon John Macaulay was the brother of Thomas Macaulay, the eminent historian and politician.
He succeeded Rev. John Stonard to the position at Aldingham.
From Ancestry we can find:
John Macaulay was born 19 August 1805, and baptised at Holy Trinity, Clapham, 20 December 1805. His parents were Zachary and Selina Macaulay. The Baptism Book states “John the second son of Zachary Macaulay (Gent) and Selina his Wife, late S. Mills, Spinster.”
John Macaulay married Jane Emma Large on 3 December 1834 at Malpas, Cheshire.
1841 Census
In the 1841 Census John Macaulay is in Loppington, Shropshire. He is living at Vicarage House where he is listed as Clerk (in Holy Orders), aged 36, and born in Scotland. Sharing the house is his wife Jane Emma Macaulay (32), born Chester(?), and children Selina (5), Henry (4), Charles (2) and Margaret (6 months). There appear to be 2 servants: Elizabeth Smith (15) and Emma Woodfin? (15).
1851 Census
In the 1851 Census living at Aldingham Rectory were John (45); Jane Emma (41), born Wrexham; Margaret (10); Arthur (8) and Edith (5), all scholars at home. There are 5 servants.
1861 Census
In the 1861 Census living at Aldingham Rectory were John Macaulay (55), Rector of Aldingham, born Haddington, Scotland AND Clapham, Surry (sic); Jane Emma Macaulay (52), born Maseham, Denbighshire; Selina Jane Fett (sic – should be Fell), (25), daughter, married, born Loppington, Salop; Margaret Alice Macaulay (20), daughter, unmarried, born Loppington, Salop; Arthur John Macaulay (18), son, born Bovey Tracey, Devon; Edith Mary Macaulay (15?), Unmarried, born Bovey Tracey, Devon; William Henry Fell (4), Grandson, born Malpas, Cheshire; Mary Fell (2), Granddaughter, born Bronington, Flintshire. There were 4 servants.
1871 Census
In the 1871 Census living at Aldingham Rectory were John Macaulay (65), Rector of Aldingham, born Clapham, Surrey; Jane Emma Macaulay (62), Clergyman’s Wife, born Mesham, Denbighshire; Margaret Alice Macaulay (30), Unmarried, Clergyman’s daughter, born Loppington, Salop; Edith Maria? Macaulay (25), Unmarried, Clergyman’s daughter, born Bovey Tracey, Devon; Arthur Babington Fell (8), Grandson, born Ulverston; Kenneth Macaulay Fell (6), Grandson, born Ulverston; Robert Ernest Fell (4), Grandson, born Urswick, Lancs. There were 3 servants.
The National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1874 has: MACAULAY The Reverend John 8 June. Administration of the effects of the Reverend John Macaulay late of Aldingham in the Parish of Aldingham in the County of Lancaster Clerk who died 5 April 1874 at Aldingham was granted at Lancaster to Jane Emma Macaulay of Aldingham Widow the Relict. Effects under £2000. Handwritten underneath is Resworn August 1876 under £5000.
1881 & 1891 Census
Jane Emma Macaulay died in Malpas, Cheshire on 22 November 1892, leaving her effects to Alfred Russell Macaulay, Gentleman. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1892. She had lived in (Church St) Malpas at least since the 1881 Census, with unmarried daughter Margaret Alice Macaulay. By the 1891 Census, still in Church St, they had been joined by Edith Mills (née Macaulay), her husband William Mills, Clerk in Holy Orders, and their two daughters.
Colonel Charles Edward Macaulay
Charles Edward Macaulay was baptised at Loppington Parish Church on 26 May 1839.
1841 & 1851 Census
After his entry in the 1841 Census (see above), in the 1851 Census Charles E. Macaulay (12), born Loppington, Shropshire, is a pupil at Warrington Grammar School, School Lane, Warrington. This was a school for the children of clergymen.
He married Frederica Julia Pollock in Mooltan, Bengal, India, on 20 March 1866. According to the Marriage Notice published in the Belfast Newsletter 1 May 1866, this was a double wedding:
Macaulay and Pollock – Marshall and Pollock – March 20th, at Mooltan. Charles Edward Macaulay, Esq. Lieut, and adjutant of the 11th Bengal Lancers, second son of the late John Macaulay, Rector of Aldingham, to Frederica Julia, fourth daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, the Lord Chief Baron, and Lady Pollock; and, at the same time and place, Charles Henry Tilson Marshall, Esq., Assistant Commissioner, eldest son the of the Rev. William Knox Marshall. Vicar of Wragby, Lincolnshire, and Prebend of Hereford, to Laura Frances, sixth daughter of the above.
For some reason the Belfast Newsletter continued to report on the Macaulays: in the edition of 14 February 1867 the Births section had:
Macaulay – January 1, at Umballah, Punjab, the wife of Charles Edward Macaulay, Esq. 11th Bengal Lancers, of a son. Women don’t appear to have names in this kind of announcement, not even the honorific “Mrs.” From a standard Ancestry source we learn that this is Percy John Frederick Macaulay, baptised on 8 February 1867. A second child, Helen Frederica Macaulay, was born in Peshawur (sic) Bengal, India, on 4 September 1868, and baptised there on 25 November 1868.
1871 Census
In the 1871 Census Fredericka (sic) J. Macaulay (28) born Hatton, Middlesex, is staying with her mother and family at Hatton Road, Bedfont, Middx. The household is headed by Sarah A. A. Pollock (56) Head, born (unreadable) Bengal, India; Anna Pollock (33) Daughter, born St. Pancras, London; Emily E Pollock (27) Daughter, born Hatton, Middx; Edith E Pollock (17) Daughter, born St. Pancras, London; Ada F Pollock (14) Daughter, born St. Pancras, London; Edward Pollock (30) Son, (unreadable) Student of Law, born Hatton, Middx. Percy J. F. Macaulay (transcribed Maroney by Ancestry – as were all three grandchildren) (4) Grandson, born Hunballa (sic), Punjab, India; Helen F. Macaulay (2) Granddaughter, born Murree, Punjab, India; Lilian C Macaulay (1) Granddaughter, born Murree, Punjab, India. There are nine servants, including a governess, a cook/housekeeper, a footman and a page.
Frederica Julia Macaulay died on 11 November 1874 at the age of 32, and was buried the following day at Dera Ismail Kahn, Bengal, India. Percy J. F. Macaulay appears to have been buried there in 1894. [source]
The London Gazette 12 February 1884 notes Major Charles Edward Macaulay’s promotion to Lieut.-Colonel from 12 December 1883.
By the time of the Scottish Census 1891 (if this is the right Macaulay), Charles Edward Macaulay (52) was living in Ashlea Villa, Ayr, Scotland, where he was the Retired Colonel; Governor of Ayr Prison. Others in the household were Helen F. Macaulay (22) Daughter; Silian (sic) Macaulay (21) daughter; K. T. P. (sic – his baptism in India shows Kenneth Zachary Pollock) Macaulay (18) Son; Jane Hair (22) Servant; and Bessie Hannah (20) Servant.
Hart’s Annual Army List 1908 outlines Macaulay’s Indian Army career in their list of Colonel’s retired on full pay, half pay or a pension: Cornet, 2nd Lieut. or Ensign 11 December 1857; Lieut. 12 March 1861; Captain 12 December 1869; Major 12 December 1877; Lieut.-Colonel 12 December 1883; Colonel 5 May 1884.
1911 Census
For the 1911 Census he is back in England, at “New Court”, South Ascot, Berks. The household contains Charles Edward Macaulay (72) Widower, Retired Army Colonel, born Loppington, Shropshire; Lilian Alice Macaulay (41) Single, Daughter, No occupation, born Punjab, British India; Helena Pollock (71) Single, Sister-in-law, no occupation, born Hatton, Middlesex; Lily Webb (25) Single, Cook, born (N.K.) Berkshire; Esther Baker (25) Single, Housemaid, born Warfield, Berkshire; Mary Wilson (51) Single, Artist, born Brixton Hill, London.
The Scotland, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1922 has:
MACAULAY, Charles Edward, of The Field, Earleywood, near Ascot, Berks, died 15 May 1922 at the same place, testate, Probate of the Will granted London. 27 July 1922, to Helen Frederica Macaulay, the daughter, one of the Executrices. Certified at Edinburgh 2 September. Value of Estate £13, 167: 4: 6.
THE GRANDSONS
1 Percy John Frederick Macaulay
Lieut. Royal Engineers. Killed in Action at Wana, 3rd November 1894.
The Glasgow Herald 13 November 1894 had a column about his career:
Picture from the Illustrated London News 17 November 1894 – British Newspaper Archive)
THE LATE LIEUTENANT MACAULAY
Colonel Macaulay, retired, of the Bengal Staff Corps, who resides in Ayr, has received from the Royal Engineers an expression of great regret at the loss sustained by the corps in the death of Lieutenant Percy John Frederick Macaulay (the eldest son of Colonel Macaulay) “whose short service gave the promise of a brilliant and successful career”.
Lieutenant Macaulay, who was killed in action in the early evening of Saturday the 3rd inst., during the Mahsud Waziri attack on the British camp in the Wano Valley, was the eldest son of Colonel C. E. Macaulay, and grand-nephew of the late Lord Macaulay, and also of the late Field-Marshal Sir George Pollock. He received his education at Marlborough College, and passed out of the Royal Military Academy in July, 1886, with honours, being the sixth on the list, and having won the prize for topography. He received his commission on July 24, 1886, and, after passing the usual course at Chatham, he was posted in October, 1888, to the Bengal Presidency. He began his active career at Ferozepore, in the Punjab, and after a short experience there of ordinary station work and of mountain survey in the Himalayas he was appointed in October, 1889, to the Public Works Department, and was posted to the establishment under the Director-General of Railways for employment in the Moghal-Sarai – Howra Railway Survey. After the completion of this work he was transferred to the North-West frontier in November, 1890, and employed in the survey of the Gomal and Zhob Valley Railway; and from this time forward to his death he has been engaged in dangerous railway and survey work in the Beluch and Afghan hills. For two years he was in charge of a section of the railway under construction through the Bolan Pass to Quetta and to the Peshin Valley, through the Khojak Range. In March last he was transferred to the Survey Department of India, and at once placed in charge of the northern or Kurram section of the demarcation of the Indo-Afghan frontier, as arranged for under the agreement concluded with the Ameer by Sir Mortimer Durand. He was occupied in the discharge of this important and dangerous duty during the whole of the past summer, and he had scarcely completed this work when he hastened down last month from Kurram to take part in the delimitation of the Waziri border from Domandi, on the Gormal river, to Larram Peck, on the Kurram boundary, joining the Commissioner’s camp on or about October 18.
See also britainssmallwars.co.uk/attack-on-wana-waziristan-1894.html
From Ancestry we know that Percy Macaulay was born on 1 January 1867. He is aged four in the 1871 Census above.
1881 Census
The 1881 England Census sees Percy John Macauly (sic) (14) born India, as a Scholar at The Priory, Marlborough College, Wiltshire.
The Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories) 1895 has:
MACAULAY, Percy John Frederick, Lieut., R.E., who died 3 November 1894, at Wano, Waziristan, India, testate. Confirmation granted at Ayr, 27 February, to Helen Frederica Macaulay, 14 Eglinton Terrace, Ayr, his sister, Executrix nominated in Will or Deed, dated 28 August 1891, and recorded in Court Books of Commissariot (sic) of Ayr, 23 February 1895. Value of Estate, £2000.
2 Kenneth Zachary Pollock Macaulay
Lieut. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Born 5 September 1872. Died of wounds at Middelburg, Transvaal 30th January 1901.
Lieutenant Kenneth Zachary Pollock Macaulay, 1st Battalion the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He was the second son of Colonel Charles Edward Macaulay and Frederica Julia Macaulay (nee Pollock), of 2 Cathedral Square, Glasgow. He was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond. Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment on 7 Mar 1894. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 May 1896. He was ADC to the GOC Ceylon, Jun-Dec 1899. He was deployed to South Africa in late 1899 and was appointed railway staff officer in Jan 1900, and Staff Captain in Mar 1900. He was wounded in action on 27 Jan 1901 when with the rear guard of a column retreating from Carolina in the Transvaal, while "encouraging his men in the most gallant manner". He died from his wounds at Middelburg, Transvaal on 30 Jan 1901. He was buried in the Old Middelburg Municipal Cemetery, Middelburg (Steve Yshwete), Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
1881 Census
The 1881 Census entry for Kenneth Macauly (sic - all the following Macaulays are misspelt) sees him living with his aunt Helena Pollock at 6 Spencer Road, Chiswick, Middlesex. The household is Helena Pollock (41) Head, Unmarried, Allowance from Parents, born Hatton, Middx; Helen J. Macauly (12) Daughter in law (sic – should be niece), born Simla (unreadable – may be Punjaab (sic)), India; Lilian A. Macauly (11) Daughter-in-law (sic), Scholar, born Murree, Punjaab; Kenneth Macauly (8) Son-in-law, Scholar, born Dera Ismail Khan, Punjab, India; Frederick C. Macauly (6) Son-in-law, Scholar, born (unreadable) Punjaab; Katherine Macauly (13) Niece, Scholar, born (unreadable) Punjaab; Violet Marshall (11) Niece, Scholar, born London; Annie Carpenter (32) Unmarried? Governess, born London; Martha Matthews (21) Cook, Domestic Servant, born Chertsey, Surrey; Rosa Banks (18) Housemaid, Domestic Servant born Maidstone, Kent; and Emily C. Pollock (37) Sister-in-law, Unmarried, Allowance from Parents, born Hatton, Middx.
The Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories) 1902 has:
MACAULAY Kenneth Zachary Pollock, Lieut., 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, residing at 14 Eglinton Terrace, Ayr, died 30 January 1901, at Middleberg (sic), Transvaal, South Africa, intestate. Confirmation granted at Ayr, 4 February, to Col. Charles Edward Macaulay, 2, Cathedral Square, Glasgow, Executor dative qua
Father. Value of Estate, £594, 7s. 6d.
3 Frederic Charles Macaulay (Service no. 729)
Sergt. 1st Regiment King Edward’s Horse d 14 January 1916. CWGC has: son of Col. C. E. Macaulay (Probyn's Horse) and Frederica Julia Pollock Macaulay; husband of Mary A. Macaulay, of Crown's, Ugley, Essex. The youngest of three brothers, all of whom were killed in action.
MACAULAY, Frederick (sic) Charles. 729. Serjeant (posthumously promoted to Lieutenant) KEH. 'C' Squadron. Enlisted 30/11/1914 and entered France 22/04/1915. NCO in charge of the Divisional snipers. Killed in action 14/01/1916 from a shrapnel wound at Vaudricourt near Loos and was buried in North Maroc Cemetery, France. Frederick was the first ‘C’ Squadron man to be killed in action. Went to South Africa in Jan 1896 and joined the Matabele Mounted Police and served during the Matabele Rebellion. Awarded the British South African Company Medal and Clasp for Rhodesia 1896. Served as a District Commissioner in North Rhodesia for 12 years. Name recorded on a commemorative tablet upon the War Memorial, Victoria Falls. Born in Dera Ismail Khan, India on 18/10/1874 and resided at Skelmore, Ayrshire, Scotland. His Father was Colonel Charles Edward Macaulay late Probyn's Horse.
From kingscolonials.com/kc-keh-m
De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 (p179) has:
MACAULAY, FREDERIC CHARLES, Sergt., …..b. Dera Ismail Khan, India, 19 Oct. 1874: educ. Trinity College, Glenalmond: went to South Africa in Jan. 1896, and, going straight up country, joined the Matabele Mounted Police, with which he served during the Matabele Rebellion the same year, being in charge of the Gwelo coach on a memorable ride from Gwelo to Bulawayo (Medal and Clasp); was one of five men who went with Major Coryndon to take over Barotseland in 1897; subsequently became a District Commissioner of Northern Rhodesia; returned to England after the outbreak of the European War, and joined King Edward’s Horse 30 Nov. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from April 1915; was for a fortnight in command of the Divisional Sharpshooters, and was killed in action near Loos 14 Jan. 1916, while walking along a communication trench to post one of his men. Buried in North Maroc Cemetery. He m(arried) at Strathblane, co. Stirling, 12 April, 1906, Mary Adelaide (The Field, Ascot), dau(ghter) of Charles Gairdner, and had a daughter, Helena Alice, b. 12 Sept. 1910.
1891 Census
In the 1891 Census the family living at The Mansion (Hatton House), Bedfont [there are also Gardener’s House; Stables; Entrance Lodge which are inhabited by different families] are as follows: Sarah A. A. Pollock (74) Widow, Living on her own means, born Nepaul, India; Helena Pollock (51) Single, Daughter, Living on Her own Means, born Hatton, Middx; Emily Charlotte Pollock (47) Single, Daughter, Living on Her own Means, born Hatton, Middx; Ada Theodora Pollock (34) Single, Daughter, Living on Her own Means, born Hatton, Middx; Frederick (sic) Chs Macaulay (16) Scholar, born Shukhauder?, India; William Edward Gillido (28) Single, Butler, born Devonshire; Fanny Evans (25) Single, Cook, born Clun, Shropshire; Mary Viccary (24) Single, Housemaid, born Morton? Devonshire; Nelly Cocking (19) Single, Housemaid, born (unreadable) India; Thomas Harwood (14) Page, born Kingston, Oxfordshire?
Mr. F. C. Macaulay (aged 40) Civil Servant, arrived at Tilbury from Northern Rhodesia on 24 November 1914, on the Union Castle line ship R.M.S. Balmoral Castle.
The National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1916 has:
MACAULAY Frederic Charles of Belmar Skelmorlie Scotland sergeant King Edward’s Horse died 14 January 1916 in France Probate London 5 April to Mary Adelaide Macaulay widow Charles Edward Macaulay colonel His Majesty’s army Helen Frederica Macaulay spinster and Charles Frederick Pollock solicitor. Effects £9227 17s 9d.
4 Frank Gordon Macaulay
This photograph is taken from the Canadian Virtual War Memorial, submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Sergt. Canadian Cameron Highlanders Killed in Action 4 June 1916
CWGC has: Lance Sergt. (29258) 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Buried at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Belgium. Brother of Miss H. A. Macaulay, of 22, St. Famille St. (Apartment 7), Montreal, Quebec.
The Regiment appears to have been called the Canadian Scottish. The photograph (overleaf) is taken from the Canadian Virtual War Memorial, submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives.
Another website has details of Frank’s life:
“Frank was the only son of Alfred Russell Macaulay and Annie Jones. Alfred and Annie were both born in the county of Lancashire in England. They were married in 1876 and they had at least six children: Annie, Florence, Harriet, Ellen, Margaret and Frank. Frank was born on 16 March 1885 in London, England. His birth was registered as John Gordon Macaulay but he later used the first name Frank. By the time of the 1891 Census his family was living in East Ham, Essex, where Alfred was working as a railway clerk. Frank immigrated to Canada around 1903, at age 18. He spent some time in Toronto and served with the 48th Highlanders of Toronto, a militia unit, for two years (sic – his Attestation papers say 4 years). When the 1911 census was taken he was living in Keewatin, Ontario and working as a dry goods salesman. By the time he enlisted he was employed as a clerk for the Lake of the Woods Milling Company, a large flour mill located in Keewatin.” [kenoragreatwarproject.ca/canadian-infantry]
1891 Census
The 1891 Census gives their address as 38 Jephson Road, East Ham. Father is Alfred R. Macaulay (37) Railway Clerk, born Aldingham, Lancs. Wife Annie Macaulay (41) was born in Liverpool, Lancs.
