He was the son ofJustin McCarthy (1830–1912). Since both father and son were writers, historians, and Members of Parliament, they are sometimes confused in lists and compilations.
McCarthy wrote various novels, plays, poetical pieces and short histories. He was briefly married to the actressCissie Loftus. They married in Edinburgh in 1894, and though they divorced in 1899, in 1901 she originated the role of Katherine de Vaucelles, the heroine inIf I Were King.[5]
In 1893, he translated some Gazels from Divan of Hafiz, the 14th century Persian poet, which was published in a 152-page volume by David Nutt. 1000 copies were made, 800 for England and 200 for America.
Lady Burton's Edition of Her Husband's Arabian Nights Translated Literally from the Arabic (1886-1888); Prepared for Household Reading by Justin Huntly McCarthy, MD; 6 vols.; London: Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London Wall.
McCarthy married musical artistCecilia Loftus in 1893 in Edinburgh, Scotland, but the marriage did not last long and was dissolved in 1899.[11] He married again in 1908 to Loullie Killick.[11] McCarthy died at his home in Putney on 20 March 1936.[11]
^Buckingham, James Silk; Sterling, John; Maurice, Frederick Denison; Stebbing, Henry; Dilke, Charles Wentworth; Hervey, Thomas Kibble; Dixon, William Hepworth; MacColl, Norman; Rendall, Vernon Horace; Murry, John Middleton (28 March 1908)."Review:The Duke's Motto by Justin H. McCarthy".The Athenaeum (4196): 380.
^abc"Deaths." Times [London, England] 23 Mar. 1936: 1. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 31 May 2015.
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Mantle, Burns; Sherwood, Garrison P. (1944).The Best Plays of 1899-1909. Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Khayyam, Omar (1889).Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (translated by Justin Huntly McCarthy MP. ed.). London: D. Nutt.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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