Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) English historian, essayist, poet, and politician, secretary of war 1839–41. His History of England in five volumes 1849–61 celebrates the Glorious Revolution of 1688 as the crowning achievement of the Whig party.
His works include an essay on Milton 1825 published in the Edinburgh Review; a volume of verse, Lays of Ancient Rome 1842; and the History of England covering the years up to 1702.

(1881-1958) English novelist. The serious vein of her early novels changed to light satire in Potterism 1920 and Keeping up Appearances 1928. Her later books include The Towers of Trebizond 1956.