George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
1737–1806 (age 69)
Biography
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737–1806) earned renown as a diplomat and statesman, serving as governor of Madras and as Britain's first envoy to the court of the emperor of China, seeking to broaden mutual understanding between nations.
He spent his later years in Chiswick, where his curiosity about art and early experiments with optical devices complemented his diplomatic memory, and his grave in Chiswick Burial Ground marks the end of an extraordinary career of service.