Early Life
Macaulay was born in Inveraray, Scotland, the son of the Rev. John Macaulay (1720–1789, minister in the Church of Scotland, grandson of Dòmhnall Cam, and his mother was Margaret Campbell. He had two brothers, Rev. Aulay Macaulay, scholar and antiquary, and Colin Macaulay, General, slavery abolitionist and campaigner.
Receiving only a rudimentary education, he eventually taught himself Greek and Latin, and read the English classics. Having worked in a merchant’s office in Glasgow, he fell into bad company and began to indulge in excessive drinking.
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