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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Lived 1793 to 1841 · aged 48
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