The Macartney Baronetcy, of Lish in the County of Armagh, is a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 4 January 1799 for Sir John Macartney, Member of the Irish House of Commons

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 for Fore

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 and Naas

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. He had been knighted in 1796 for promoting inland navigation in Ireland. Macartney was the younger son of William Macartney, who represented Belfast

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 in the Irish Parliament. The family have lived in Australia

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 since the emigration of the third Baronet in the 19th century.

Macartney Baronets, of Lish (1799)

• Sir John Macartney, 1st Baronet (d. 1812)
• Sir William Isaac Macartney, 2nd Baronet (1780–1867)
• Sir John Macartney, 3rd Baronet (1832–1911)
• Sir William Isaac Macartney, 4th Baronet (1867–1942)
• Sir Alexander Miller Macartney, 5th Baronet (1869–1960)
• Sir John Barrington Macartney, 6th Baronet (1917–1999)
• Sir John Ralph Macartney, 7th Baronet (b. 1945)