Elliot Macnaghten


Elliot Macnaghten J.P., also known as also known as Elliot Workman-Macnaghten, was a British official of the East India Company. He was its Chairman in 1855.
He was later a Member of the Supreme Court in Calcutta and Vice President of the India Council.

Personal background

Macnaghten was the son of Sir Francis Workman-Macnaghten, knt. of Bushmills House, in the county of Antrim; and was brother to Sir William Hay Macnaghten, 1st Baronet and Sir Edmund Charles Workman-Macnaghten, 2nd Baronet of Bushmills House. He was educated at Rugby School.
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 India Council in 1858 and Vice President in 1866.
He was elected a Director of the Court of the East India Company in 1842 and in 1855 was Chairman.

Family

Macnaghten married, firstly, Isabella only daughter of John Law. He was father of:
He married, secondly, in 1872, Annie Chester, daughter of George Chester of the Bengal Civil Service.