Ernest Macnaghten

Brig.-Gen. E.B. Macnaghten
Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council
In office
April 1930 – April 1932
Preceded by Harry Edward Arnhold
Succeeded by A.D. Bell
Personal details
Born (1872-09-11)September 11, 1872
India
Died November 21, 1948(1948-11-21) (aged 76)
Profession Army Officer

Ernest Brander Macnaghten CMG, DSO (1872–1948) was a British Army officer who also served as the chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council from 1930 to 1932.

Early life

Macnaghten was born September 11, 1872 in India, the son of William Hay Macnaghten and Alice Ellen Brander. He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (Sword of Honour).[1]

Military career

Macnaghten was commissioned in the Royal Artillery in November 1894. He served in India (1894–1896), West Africa (1898–1899), South Africa (1900–1902), Somaliland (1903–1904), India (1905–1909), England (1910–1914) and in France during World War I where he was awarded two brevets, CMG, DSO, Croix de Guerre and eight mentions in dispatches. He rose to the rank of Colonel.[2]

Shanghai

Machaghten (right) as Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council talks with Justice Richard Feetham in 1931

After the war, Macnaghten resigned his commission with the honorary rank of Brigadier General.[3]

He joined British American Tobacco in Shanghai, China. From 1930 to 1932 he served as Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council. He was also President of the United Services Association and the St Andrew's Society.[2]

Marriage and children

Macnaghten married Yvonne Marie Forrester at Windsor, England on October 4, 1906. They had five children, Susan May, Joan Yvonne Marie, Audrey Clarisse and James Steuart (twins) and Garrelle Renee.[4]

Retirement and death

Macnaghten retired to his house Haygates in Finchampstead, Berkshire.[5] He died on 21 November 1948 in the same town.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Macnaughten's entry in Men of Shanghai and North China.
  2. 1 2 Macnaghten's entry in Men of Shanghai and North China.
  3. 1 2 "- Person Page 50702". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
  4. ↑ Macnaghten's entry in Men of North China and http://www.thepeerage.com/p50702.htm
  5. ↑ Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour (Volume 2), p270
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