John Ellison-Macartney

John William Ellison-Macartney, born John William Ellison, was a barrister and Irish Conservative Party politician elected to the House of Commons of [the United Kingdom|House of Commons] of the United [Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]. From 1874 to 1885, he was Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament] for Tyrone.
Ellison-Macartney was called to the bar in 1846, and to the Irish Bar in 1848. In 1870, he was High Sheriff of County Armagh.
Ellison-Macartney first stood for Parliament at the Tyrone by-election in 1873 after the death of Henry T. Lowry-Corry. He narrowly lost that contest to his sole opponent, the Conservative Henry W. Lowry-Corry ; the Liberals had not fielded a candidate in Tyrone since 1852. At the 1874 general election, Tyrone's two seats were contested by three Conservatives, and Ellison-Macartney topped the poll by a wide margin, unseating the sitting MP Lord [Claud Hamilton (1813–1884)|Lord Claud Hamilton]. He was re-elected in 1880, and held the seat until the Redistribution of Seats Act divided the Tyrone constituency into four new single-member divisions for the 1885 general election. He did not stand again. He was also a member of The Apprentice Boys of Derry Parent Club.

Family

Born John William Ellison, he changed the family surname to Ellison-Macartney by Royal Licence of 4 April 1859, following the death of his maternal uncle the Rev. William George Macartney.
His son William was MP for South Antrim from 1885 to 1903, a founder of the Irish Unionist Party, Governor of Tasmania from 1913 to 1917, and Governor of Western Australia from 1917 to 1920.