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]
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.
Macnaghten was a J.P. He lived at Ovingdean House, Sussex.[1]
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]
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.[5]
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.