The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Macartney, Very Rev. Hussey Burgh
Macartney, Very Rev. Hussey Burgh, D.D., Dean of Melbourne, is the son of the late Sir John Macartney, Bart., member of the Irish House of Commons, by Catherine, daughter of the Right Hon. Walter Hussey Burgh, Lord Chief Baron, who long represented the University of Dublin in Parliament. The Dean was born in Dublin on April 10th, 1799, and educated at Trinity College, where he graduated B.A. in 1821, M.A. in 18—, and D.D. in 1847. In 1822 he was ordained to the curacy of Banagher, in the diocese of Meath, and received priest's orders in 1823. He was subsequently for twelve years incumbent of Creagh, in the county of Cork, and in March 1833 he married Jane, daughter of Edward Hardman. He in 1847 accompanied Dr. Perry, first Bishop of Melbourne, to Australia. They sailed in the ship Stag from Spithead on Oct. 6th of that year, and for about seven months after his arrival Dr. Macartney officiated in Heidelberg and the surrounding district. In Oct. 1848 he was appointed Archdeacon of Geelong. In Jan. 1852 be became Dean of Melbourne, with the incumbency of St. James' parish attached, and was subsequently appointed Archdeacon of Melbourne. In 1862 he resigned St. James', which in 1883 was again united to the Deanery under altered conditions. From Nov. 1864 to August 1866 the Dean was absent on a visit to Ireland. During the episcopate of Dr. Perry he was three times Vicar-General of the diocese during the Bishop's absence in England—viz. in 1855 to 1856, 1863 to 1864, and in 1874 until the arrival of Bishop Moorhouse, in 1877. He also administered the diocese on the latter's departure until the arrival of Bishop Goe. In 1885 Mrs. Macartney died, and in the following year he resigned the Archdeaconry. Despite his ninety-three years, forty-four of which had been passed in Victoria, Dean Macartney took a prominent part in the consecration of St. Paul's Cathedral. He was made honorary M.A, of Melbourne University in 1854.