Ettie Ellison-Macartney

Ettie, Lady Ellison-Macartney (born Ettie Myers Scott; April 1863 – 27 November 1938) was the founder and president of the Tasmanian division of the Australian Red Cross, at the start of World War I and was the second president of the Western Australian branch from 1917 until 1920.

Early life and personal life Ellison-Macartney was born Ettie Myers Scott to Hannah Cuming and John Edward Scott in Devon England. Her brother was Captain Robert Falcon Scott who died on the Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic in 1912.

After the death of her paternal grandfather in 1863 Ellison-Macartney’s family inherited a brewery and a house near Devonport called Outlands. In the next decade they were forced to sell the brewery and lease out Outlands. In 1894 the family moved to Holcombe House as her father had a job as a manager of a brewery near Shepton Mallet in Somerset. They had three children, Phoebe, Esther, and Jack. William was appointed a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George In December 1912.

Career When World War I broke out in August 1914, Lady Helen Munro Ferguson wrote to Ellison-Macartney to appoint her as a member of the newly formed central branch of the Australian Red Cross, and to invite her to form and preside over the Tasmanian division as its president. At this time, Ellison-Macartney's husband had been the Governor of Tasmania for a little over a year. Ellison-Macartney accepted the invitation, and formed the branch, and presided over it, stating it was "a very interesting and absorbing task". While in England, on the day she and her daughter were granted an audience with King George V, it was announced that her husband had been appointed the governor of Western Australia. Upon moving to Western Australia, she became the president of their state branch of the Red Cross, taking over from the inaugural president Lady Clara Barron.

Death Ellison-Macartney died on the 27 November 1938 in Putney Vale in England.