Sir William Grey Ellison-Macartney, was a British politician, who also served as the Governor of the Australian states of Tasmania and Western Australia.
Occupation
politician, barrister
Position held
Governor of Tasmania, Governor of Western Australia, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the 27th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Sir William Grey Ellison-Macartney, (7 June 1852 – 4 December 1924) was an Irish-born British politician, who also served as the Governor of the Australian states of Tasmania and Western Australia.
Early life
Born as William Grey Ellison in Dublin, Ireland, he was the son of John William Ellison, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Tyrone in the British House of Commons. His father changed the family surname to Ellison-Macartney in 1859, as a condition of an inheritance from a maternal uncle.
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. He was an ardent supporter of Irish Unionism, and became grand secretary of the Orange Institution in Ireland.
