# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-macartney-1st-earl-macartney
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:14:00.654Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-macartney-1st-earl-macartney"
name: "George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney"
slug: "george-macartney-1st-earl-macartney"
description: "George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, was a British diplomat, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Grenada, Madras and the Cape Colony. He is often remembered for his observation following Britain's victory in the Seven Years' War and subsequent territorial expansion at the Treaty of Paris that Britain now controlled \"a vast Empire, on which the sun never sets\" as well as his mission to China in 1793."
tagline: "British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat (1737-1806)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Macartney%2C_1st_Earl_Macartney_by_Lemuel_Francis_Abbott.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1737-05-14"
deathDate: "1806-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump