Surname: Mackay Forename(s): Charles b. 26 March 1812. d. 24 December 1889. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Poet, historian and journalist, particularly known for his songs in Scots and anti-Corn
Law poems (collected in the immensely successful Voices from the Crowd [1847]). Pseudonym: “C. M.” Worked for the Morning Chronicle, was editor of Glasgow Argus (1844-1847), then worked for Illustrated London News (1848-1859), and later became New York correspondent for The Times (1862-1865) during the American Civil War. Father of novelist Marie Corelli. Biographical
information: ODNB. (AC)