Sir Edmund Charles Workman-Macnaghten, 2nd Baronet (1 April 1790 – 6 January 1876) was an Irish baronet and Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Antrim from 1847 to 1852. He was the son of Sir Francis Workman-Macnaghten, 1st Baronet, and his wife Laetitia Dunkin, daughter of Sir William Dunkin. He was born in

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, and educated at

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and

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. He was called to the

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in 1818. He was then a master in chancery in Bengal.

Family

Workman-Macnaghten married in 1827 Mary Gwatkin, only child of Edward Gwatkin, and niece of

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. They had five sons and two daughters. * Francis Edmund, who became the 3rd Baronet. *

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, second son, became a Lord of Appeal. *William, of the 1st Bengal Light Infantry *Fergus (died 1867), of the Bengal Civil Service *Charles Edmund of the

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, the youngest son, was killed on 17 March 1861 in the

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. *Mary, the elder daughter, died in 1857 at age 25. She has been associated with the early history from the 1850s of

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in the

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. *Octavia, married Colin Glencairn Campbell, son of Admiral Colin Campbell of Ardpatrick.

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* 1790 births 1876 deaths People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Trinity College Dublin

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