Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau mai a Macartney ki Nanjing, ā, he haurua ia no Haina, ā, ko tōna tupuna ko te kaitōrangapū o Haina a Li Hongzhang. Ko tana papa, ko Halliday Macartney, he mema no te whanau kotahi me George Macartney, te kaikauwhau o Ingarangi o te rautau 18 ki Haina, a ko tona whaea he whanaunga tata o Lar Wang, tetahi o nga kaiarahi o te Taiping
te whakakeke.