Background
George Macartney was born on May 14, 1737, at Lissanoure, in Loughguile, County Antrim, to George Macartney and Elizabeth Winder. He was the only son of George Macartney and Elizabeth Winder.
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The Private Correspondence of Lord MacArtney, Governer of Madras (1781-85) Edited for the Royal Historical Society by C. Collin Davies
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George Macartney
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After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1759, he became a student of the Temple, London.
Career
In the 1760s and early 1770s, Macartney served in the Irish parliament; he was envoy extraordinary and ambassador to Russia, and later served in Ireland as chief secretary to Field Marshal George Townshend. Macartney traveled to the Caribbean in 1776 and served as governor of Grenada, Tobago, and the Grenadines until 1779, when he was imprisoned following the French invasion of Grenada. After his return to Great Britain, he was governor of Madras (1781-1785) and a diplomat to China and the Cape Colony (in what is now South Africa). He received an earldom in 1794.
George Macartney died on March 31, 1806.
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On February 1, 1768, George Macartney married Lady Jane Stuart, they did not have children.
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