Elliot Macnaghten (1807–1888) J.P.,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.191

/ref> also known as also known as Elliot Workman-Macnaghten, was a British official of the

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. He was its Chairman in 1855.The India list and India Office list
/ref> He was later a Member of the Supreme Court in Calcutta and Vice President of the

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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; 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

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

Career

Macnaghten was a member of the Supreme Court in Calcutta and was one of the original members of the

in 1858 and Vice President in 1866. He was elected a Director of the Court of the

in 1842 and in 1855 was Chairman.

Family

Macnaghten married, firstly, Isabella (died 1871) only daughter of John Law. He was father of: * Chester Macnaghten, fourth son (born 1843), the first Principal of the Rajkumar College. * Henry Alexander Macnaghten, fifth son (born 1850), cleric. * Sir Melville Leslie Macnaghten, sixth son (born 1853). He married, secondly, in 1872, Annie Chester, daughter of George Chester of the

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. 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;A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great ..., Volume

/ref> 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

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