John William Ellison-Macartney (1818 – 13 February 1904),
born John William Ellison, was a barrister and
Irish Conservative Party politician elected to the
House of Commons of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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. From 1874 to 1885, he was
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Tyrone.
Ellison-Macartney was
called to the bar
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in 1846, and to the Irish Bar in 1848. In 1870, he was
High Sheriff of
County Armagh
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.
Ellison-Macartney first stood for
Parliament
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at the Tyrone
by-election
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in 1873 after the death of
Henry T. Lowry-Corry. He narrowly lost that contest (by 3,103 votes to 3,139) to his sole opponent, the Conservative
Henry W. Lowry-Corry (a nephew of the deceased MP); the Liberals had not fielded a candidate in Tyrone since 1852. At the
1874 general election, Tyrone's two seats were contested by three Conservatives, and Ellison-Macartney topped the poll by a wide margin, unseating the sitting MP
Lord Claud Hamilton.
He was re-elected in
1880
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia.
* January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.
* February †...
, and held the seat until the
Redistribution of Seats Act divided the Tyrone constituency into four new single-member divisions for the
1885 general election.
He did not stand again. He was also a member of The Apprentice Boys of Derry Parent Club.
Family
Born John William Ellison, he changed the family surname to Ellison-Macartney by Royal Licence of 4 April 1859, following the death of his maternal uncle the Rev. William George Macartney (grandson of
William Macartney MP).
[ Sir Bernard Burke, '''' (1863) vol. II]
p. 925–6
His son
William
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(1852–1924) was MP for
South Antrim from 1885 to 1903, a founder of the
Irish Unionist Party
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,
Governor of Tasmania from 1913 to 1917, and
Governor of Western Australia from 1917 to 1920.
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1818 births
1904 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tyrone constituencies (1801–1922)
Irish Conservative Party MPs
UK MPs 1874–1880
UK MPs 1880–1885
Irish barristers
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