Hussey Macartney

Hussey Burgh Macartney (10 April 1799 – 8 October 1894) was the Dean of Melbourne from 1852 until his death.

The son of Sir John Macartney, 1st Baronet, he was born in Dublin, Ireland, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained in 1823 and was a curate in Banagher, Killoe and Killashee. After this he held incumbencies at Creagh and Kilcock. In 1847 he sailed to Australia with Charles Perry, the first Bishop of Melbourne. Perry made him Archdeacon of Geelong in 1848 and Dean of Melbourne’s new cathedral four years later.

Macartney died in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 9 October 1894.

One son, Hussey Burgh Macartney, junior, was vicar of St. Mary's Anglican Church Caulfield, Victoria, for 30 years. Another was John Arthur Macartney, a Queensland pastoralist.

A grandson, Hussey Burgh George Macartney, was a captain in the Royal Fusiliers who was injured in the Boer War and died in the Great War.

A great-grandson, Jim Macartney, was a noted newspaper editor and media figure in Western Australia.