1. Sir William Grey Ellison-Macartney, was an Irish-born British politician, who served as the Governor of the Australian states of Tasmania and Western Australia.
14 Facts About William Ellison-Macartney
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William Ellison-Macartney's father changed the family surname to Ellison-Macartney in 1859, as a condition of an inheritance from a maternal uncle.
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William Ellison-Macartney was educated at Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford, taking an early interest in law and politics, and was called to the Bar in 1878.
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William Ellison-Macartney was an ardent supporter of Irish Unionism, and became grand secretary of the Orange Institution in Ireland.
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At the 1885 UK general election, William Ellison-Macartney ran for the House of Commons, and was elected as Conservative member for the newly created constituency of South Antrim.
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In 1895, Ellison-Macartney was appointed as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, holding the post until 1890, when a cabinet reshuffle resulted in the appointment of Liberal Unionist H O Arnold-Forster.
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William Ellison-Macartney retired from politics in early February 1903, after being offered several government appointments.
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William Ellison-Macartney was appointed Deputy-Master of the Royal Mint in January 1903, serving to 1913, and was High Sheriff of Antrim in 1908.
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In December 1912, William Ellison-Macartney was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, and appointed Governor of the Australian state of Tasmania.
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In 1914, William Ellison-Macartney presided over a constitutional dispute in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
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William Ellison-Macartney declined Solomon's request for another dissolution of parliament, and he called upon Labor's John Earle to form government, on the condition that an election be called.
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William Ellison-Macartney was initiated into the craft on 6 June 1872 in the Apollo University Lodge No 357 the day before his twentieth birthday.
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William Ellison-Macartney was made Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Western Australia during his term as the state's governor.
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William Ellison-Macartney was a member of the Apprentice Boys of Derry Parent Club, being initiated on the 12th of August 1877.