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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Elliot Macnaghten (1807–1888) J.P.,[1] also known as also known as Elliot Workman-Macnaghten, was a British official of the East India Company. He was its Chairman in 1855.[2]

He was later a Member of the Supreme Court in Calcutta and Vice President of the India Council.[3]

Personal background

Macnaghten was the son of Sir Francis Workman-Macnaghten, knt. (later Sir Francis Workman-Macnaghten, 1st Baronet) of Bushmills House (1836), in the county of Antrim;[4] and was brother to Sir William Hay Macnaghten, 1st Baronet (1840) and Sir Edmund Charles Workman-Macnaghten, 2nd Baronet (1836) of Bushmills House, a barrister, a master in chancery in Bengal. He was educated at Rugby School.[3]

Macnaghten was a J.P. He lived at Ovingdean House, Sussex.[1]

Career

Macnaghten was a member of the Supreme Court in Calcutta and was one of the original members of the India Council in 1858 and Vice President in 1866.[3]

He was elected a Director of the Court of the East India Company in 1842 and in 1855 was Chairman.[2]

Family

Macnaghten married, firstly, Isabella (died 1871) only daughter of John Law.[1] He was father of:

He married, secondly, in 1872, Annie Chester, daughter of George Chester of the Bengal Civil Service.[8]

Macnaghten was the son of Sir Francis Workman-Macnaghten, knt. (later Sir Francis Workman-Macnaghten, 1st Baronet) of Bushmills House (1836), in the county of Antrim;[9] and was brother to Sir William Hay Macnaghten, 1st Baronet (1840) and Sir Edmund Charles Workman-Macnaghten, 2nd Baronet (1836) of Bushmills House, a barrister a master in chancery in Bengal. He was educated at Rugby School.[3]

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland .. (Volume ed.59, yr.1919)[1]
  2. 2,0 2,1 The India list and India Office list
  3. 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 s:Dictionary of Indian Biography/Macnaghten, Elliot
  4. A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great ..., Volume 2 [2]
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  9. A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great ..., Volume 2 [3]