See also:

• EARL

EARL See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• EARL GEORGE MACARTNEY MACARTNEY (1737-1806)

MACARTNEY MACARTNEY (1737-1806)  , was descended from an old Scottish See also:

• FAMILY

family, the Macartneys of Auchinleck, who had settled in 1649 at Lissanoure, See also:

• ANTRIM
• ANTRIM, RANDAL MACDONNELL, 1ST EARL OF (d. 1636)
• ANTRIM, RANDAL MACDONNELL, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1609-1683)

Antrim, See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, where he was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 14th of May 1737 . After graduating at Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, in 1759, he became a student of the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple, See also:

• LONDON

London . Through See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

Fox, See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother of C . J . Fox, he was taken up by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland . Appointed See also:

• ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

envoy extraordinary to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia in 1764, he succeeded in negotiating an See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance between See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . After occupying a seat in the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, he was in 1769 returned for Antrim in the Irish parliament, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge the duties of See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief secretary for Ireland . On resigning this See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office he was knighted . In 1775 he became See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the Caribbee Islands (being created an Irish See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron in 1776), and in 1780 governor of See also:

• MADRAS

Madras, but he declined the governor-generalship of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, and returned to England in 1786 . After being created See also:

• EARL

Earl See also:

• MACARTNEY, GEORGE MACARTNEY, EARL (1737-1806)

Macartney in the Irish See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage (1792), he was appointed the first envoy of See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain to See also:

• CHINA

China . On his return from a confidential See also:

• MISSION

mission to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy (1795) he was raised to the English peerage as a baron in 1796, and in the end of the same See also:

• YEAR

year was appointed governor of the newly acquired territory of the Cape of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope, where he remained till See also:

• ILL

ill See also:

• HEALTH

health compelled him to resign in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1798 . He died at See also:

• CHISWICK

Chiswick, See also:

• MIDDLESEX
• MIDDLESEX, LIONEL CRANFIELD, 1ST EARL OF (1575-1645)

Middlesex, on the 31st of May 1806, the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title becoming See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct, and his See also:

• PROPERTY

property, after the See also:

• DEATH

death of his widow (daughter of the 3rd earl of See also:

• BUTE
• BUTE, JOHN STUART, 3RD EARL OF (1713-1792)

Bute), going to his niece, whose son took the name .

An See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of Macartney's See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy to China, by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• STAUNTON
• STAUNTON, HOWARD (1810-1874)
• STAUNTON, SIR GEORGE THOMAS, BART

Staunton, was published in 1797, and has been frequently reprinted . The See also:

• LIFE

Life and Writings of Lord Macartney, by Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• BARROW
• BARROW (from A.S. beorh, a mount or hillock)
• BARROW, ISAAC (1630-1677)
• BARROW, SIR JOHN (1764-1848)

Barrow, appeared in 1807 . See Mrs See also:

• HELEN

Helen Macartney Robbins's See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography, The First English See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

Ambassador to China (1908), based on previously unpublished materials in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the family .