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William Hay Macnaghten

British civil servant (1793-1841) · Politicians · Died at 48

Sir William Hay Macnaghten, 1st Baronet, was a British civil servant in India, who played a major part in the First Anglo-Afghan War. He was also briefly appointed the governor of the Bombay Presidency, but he was unable to assume his post, having been killed by Wazir Akbar Khan in Afghanistan.

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