George Hume Macartney, born George Hume (1793–1869) of
Lissanoure,
County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...
was an Irish politician.
In 1814 Hume assumed the surname Macartney under the will of his granduncle,
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
:''George Macartney should not be confused with Sir George Macartney, a later British statesman.''
George McCartney, 1st Earl McCartney (14 May 1737 – 31 May 1806), also spelt Macartney, was an Anglo-Irish statesman, colonial administrator a ...
. He was Conservative MP for
Antrim from 1852 to 1858.
[Gunn & Webb (eds.) ''Benjamin Disraeli Letters'', 1982, p. 416 n2]
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1793 births
1869 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Antrim constituencies (1801–1922)
UK MPs 1852–1857
UK MPs 1857–1859
Irish Conservative Party MPs
People from County Antrim
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