King Pin, the very mainspring of what his own flatterers choose to call powerful influence or official support behind the renowned articulate minority on whose side Mr. Carr has along flung the whole weight of his official prestige, manifesting thereby an intolerable partisanship...deadly and detestable". Twilight years and death In 1944, Macaulay co-founded the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) together with Nnamdi Azikiwe and became its president. The NCNC was a patriotic organization designed to bring together Nigerians of all stripes to demand independence. In 1946, Macaulay fell ill in Kano and later died in Lagos. Macaulay's reported last words were: "Tell the National Council delegates to halt wherever they are for four days for Macaulay and then carry on. Tell Oged to keep the flag flying" The leadership of the NCNC went to Azikiwe, who later became the first president of Nigeria. Macaulay was buried at Ikoyi Cemetery in Lagos on 11 May 1946. Nnamdi Azikiwe delivered a funeral oration at Macaulay's burial ceremony and Isaac Babalola Thomas, editor and proprietor of the Akede Eko, was executor of Macaulay's Last Will and Testament. Macaulay papers at the University of Ibadan Library Like his political foe Henry Rawlingson Carr whose library and papers are at the University of Ibadan Library, Macaulay's private collection called The Macaulay Papers are at the African Section of the University of Ibadan Library. The Macaulay Papers include a vast assortment of political pamphlets, newspapers, and government documents. They also include personal papers, correspondences, diaries, and photographs. Honours Macaulay was featured in the 1 Naira banknote since 1979 until 1991, when the note was replaced by a coin, also portraying Macaulay. A biopic titled The Herbert Macaulay Affair which covered about 3 decades of his life was made by Nigerian filmmaker, Imoh Umoren and released in 2019. References Sources 1864 births 1946 deaths CMS Grammar School, Lagos alumni Politicians from Lagos Nigerian Anglicans Nigerian people of Sierra Leone Creole descent Nigerian people of Sierra Leonean descent Sierra Leone Creole people Nigerian National Democratic Party politicians National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons politicians Yoruba politicians History of Lagos 19th-century Nigerian politicians 20th-century Nigerian politicians Saro people Aku (ethnic group) People of colonial Nigeria Abiodun family Burials at Ikoyi Cemetery Nigerian revolutionaries Nigerian nationalists Yoruba architects 20th-century Nigerian engineers Yoruba musicians Nigerian male musicians 20th-century Nigerian architects 20th-century Nigerian musicians Yoruba journalists 20th-century Nigerian