George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, was an Anglo-Irish statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat who served as the governor of Grenada, Madras and the British-occupied 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".

14 May 1737

Born on the same birth day (14 May): Alexander Kaufmann • Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green • Anne Clark (poet) • Byron Dorgan • Charlotte Auerbach • Clinton Morrison • Ed Ricketts • Hans Joachim von Zieten • Kristina Mladenovic • Miranda Cosgrove • Peder Horrebow • Tatenda Taibu • Tony Pérez

Born in the same month (May 1737): Edward Gibbon • William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne