Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Goulburn was named by surveyor James Meehan after Henry Goulburn , Under-Secretary for War and the Colonies , and the name was ratified by Governor Lachlan Macquarie .
Simplified: Goulburn was named by James Meehan after Henry Goulburn , a British politician . The Governor Lachlan Macquarie approved the choice of name .