WILLIAM ELLISON-MACARTNEY
'Sir William Grey Ellison-Macartney' KCMG (7 June 1852–4 December 1924) was a British politician.
Educated at Eton and Exeter College, Oxford, he was Unionist Member of Parliament for Antrim South from 1885-1903, and held office as Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty from 1895-1900. He was appointed High Sheriff of County Antrim in 1908, and Deputy-Master of the Royal Mint from 1903-1913. He was Governor of Tasmania from 1913 to 1917, and Governor of Western Australia from 1917 to 1920.
He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1900 and knighted in 1913.
Who Was Who
Educated at Eton and Exeter College, Oxford, he was Unionist Member of Parliament for Antrim South from 1885-1903, and held office as Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty from 1895-1900. He was appointed High Sheriff of County Antrim in 1908, and Deputy-Master of the Royal Mint from 1903-1913. He was Governor of Tasmania from 1913 to 1917, and Governor of Western Australia from 1917 to 1920.
He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1900 and knighted in 1913.
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