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Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (born 1800)
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
British historian and politician (1800–1859)
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, was an English historian, poet, and Whig politician, who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster General between 1846 and 1848. He is best known for his The History of England, a seminal example of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Secretary at War
Historical English political position
The secretary at war was a political position in the English and later British government, with some responsibility over the administration and organization of the Army, but not over military policy. The Secretary at War ran the War Office. After 1794 it was occasionally a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)