Edmond Alexander MacNaghten

Not to be confused with his nephew Sir Edmund Workman-Macnaghten, 2nd Baronet, also an MP for Antrim.

Edmond Alexander MacNaghten (2 August 1762 – 15 March 1832) was an Irish Tory politician from County Antrim. He sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1797 until the Act of Union in 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1830.

He was the oldest son of Edmund MacNaghten of Beardiville House (between Coleraine and Bushmills, County Antrim). His mother Hannah was a daughter of John Johnstone of Belfast. MacNaghten was educated at Glasgow University and at Lincolns Inn.

In the Irish House of Commons he sat for County Antrim from 1797 until the Union, then he was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Antrim at Westminster until 1812. From 1812 to 1826 he was an MP for Orford in Suffolk, before sitting again for Antrim until 1830.

MacNaghten was High Sheriff of County Antrim from 1793-4, became a trustee of the Irish Linen Board in 1810. He was a Commissioner of the Treasury for Ireland from 1813–17, and for the United Kingdom from March 1819 to July 1830.

In 1818 he was made chief of Clan MacNaghten.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edmond Macnaghten
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edmond Macnaghten

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by John Staples Edward Jones-Agnew	Member of Parliament for County Antrim 1797 – 1800 With: John Staples	Parliament of Ireland abolished by Act of Union
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Ireland	Member of Parliament for Antrim 1801 – 1812 With: John Staples to 1802 Hon. John O'Neill from 1802	Succeeded by Hon. John O'Neill The Earl of Yarmouth
Preceded by William Sloane Lord Henry Moore	Member of Parliament for Orford 1812 – March 1820 With: Charles Arbuthnot to 1818 John Douglas from 1818	Succeeded by Sir Horace Seymour John Douglas
Preceded by Sir Horace Seymour John Douglas	Member of Parliament for Orford May 1820 – 1826 With: John Douglas to 1821 Marquess of Londonderry 1821–22 Charles Ross 1822–26	Succeeded by Sir Horace Seymour Sir Henry Cooke
Preceded by The Earl of Yarmouth Hon. John O'Neill	Member of Parliament for Antrim 1826 – 1830 With: Hon. John O'Neill	Succeeded by Earl of Belfast Hon. John O'Neill
Honorary titles
Preceded by Hugh Boyd	High Sheriff of Antrim 1793 – 1794	Succeeded by Roger Moore