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Kate Macaulay (1849 - 3 June 1914) was a Scottish painter.

Life
Her father Hector John Macaulay (1824 - 17 November 1896) was born in Quilon [now Kollam], India. His father Kenneth Macaulay (19 December 1780 - 2 February 1841) was an employee of the East India Company, being a doctor at one of their infirmaries. Kenneth was either born in Scotland or London; his Scottish father Hector Macaulay (14 May 1749 - 1815) marrying Ann Hake in London in 1776.

Hector John Macaulay became an assistant to the Commissariat General in Malta.

Her mother Mary (c. 1819 - 1892) was born in Quebec.

Mary Harriet Macaulay, known as Kate, was born in Malta in 1849. She claimed descent from Scotland, probably through her grandfather Kenneth, but certainly from his father. She never married.

Art
SBA 1880 SSW 1883 SLA 1887 RSW 1888 SLA 1889 SLA 1890 1892 Dudley gallery

Death
She died on 3 June 1914 in Ardencaple House, Capel Curig, Snowdonia in Wales. Ardencaple Castle is the clan home of the Macaulay clan.