Macartney of Lisanoure, 1737-1806
Subtitle: essays in biography
By: edited by Peter Roebuck.
Contributors: Roebuck, Peter.
Series: The U.H.F. historical series ;; 6
Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Belfast
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806.; Diplomats -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1760-1820.; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 18th century.; Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- Biography.
Description: Biographical sketches of different periods of the life of George, Earl Macartney of Lisanoure (near Loughguile) in County Antrim, Ireland. He began his public career as the British Envoy Extraordinary to the court of Catherine the Great of Russia, served successively in the Caribbean, India, China (as Britain's first Ambassador), Verona, and the Cape of Good Hope, and was officially active in Irish affairs. Specialists deal with the major episodes of Macartney's public career (i.e., analysis of the Chinese embassy period requires expertise in Chinese as well as British records), and "... the remaining chapters present a comprehensive account of his private affairs, including his estate and financial concerns." (flyleaf of paper cover). Macartney was granted knighthood in 1764, an Earldom in the Irish peerage in 1794, and a Barony in the British peerage in 1796.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 315.
Includes index.