Thomas Macarthy

{{Short description|New Zealand brewer}}

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Thomas George Macarthy ({{circa|1834}} – 19 August 1912) was a New Zealand brewer and benefactor. He was born in London, England, in about 1834 and died in 1912 in Wellington, New Zealand.{{DNZB|title=Thomas George Macarthy|first= G. R.|last= Hawke|id=2m2|accessdate=23 April 2017}}

He died childless and his substantial business interests were put into a trust for educational purposes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.publictrust.co.nz/grants/how-do-i-find-one/grants/thomas-george-macarthy-trust|title=Thomas George Macarthy Trust - Public Trust|website=www.publictrust.co.nz}} When prohibition was an issue in the 1920s, the trust's continued maintenance of his brewing business was attacked by Robert Stout.

In 2012, Macarthy was posthumously inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://www.businesshalloffame.co.nz/past-laureates/ |title=Past laureates |website=Business Hall of Fame |access-date=19 February 2023}}