 sir william grey ellison-macartney, kcmg (7 june 1852 &ndash; 4 december 1924) was a british politician, who also served as the governor of the australian states of tasmania and western australia. ==early life== he was born as william grey ellison in dublin, ireland, the son of john william ellison, the conservative mp 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.sir william grey ellison-macartney 1917-1920, constitutional centre of western australia. ellison-macartney was educated at eton and exeter college, oxford, taking an early interest in law and politics, and was called to the bar in 1878.dictionary of new ulster biography of sir william grey ellison-macartney (1852 - 1924), dictionary of new ulster biography. he was an ardent supporter of irish unionism, and became grand secretary of the orange institution in ireland.michael roe, macartney, sir william grey ellison (1852 - 1924), australian dictionary of biography, volume 10, melbourne university press, 1986, p. 202 ==political career== at the 1885 uk general election, ellison-macartney ran for the house of commons, and was elected as conservative member for the newly created constituency of [[antrim south (uk parliament const
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