James Macartney may refer to: * James MacCartney (physician), Scottish apothecary active in 1590s Edinburgh *

James Macartney (anatomist) James Macartney (born 8 March 1770 in Armagh, died 6 March 1843 in Dublin) was an anatomist. He began life as an Irish volunteer in 1780, and was afterwards educated at the endowed classical school at Armagh, and then at a private school. He wa ...

(1770–1843), Irish anatomist *

James Macartney (died 1727) James Macartney (1651/3–16 December 1727) was an Irish lawyer, judge and politician, notable mainly for presiding at the Islandmagee witch trial of 1711, which was apparently the last such trial in Ireland. Biography He was the eldest son of ...

, Irish judge and MP for Belfast 1692–1703 *

James Macartney (1692–1770) James Macartney (1692 – 24 March 1770) was an Irish politician. He was the only son of James Macartney (died 1727), judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland), and his second wife Alice Cuffe, daughter of Sir James Cuffe (died 1678). T ...

, Irish MP for Longford Borough 1713–27 and Granard 1727–60 * Jim Macartney (1911–1977), Australian newspaper editor

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