Malcolm Macnaghten

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Sir Malcolm Martin Macnaghten KBE (12 January 1869-24 January 1955), was a Northern Ireland Unionist politician and judge, the fourth son of Lord Macnaghten, Bt..

Sir Malcolm was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was President of the Cambridge Union in 1890, he graduated with 1st class honours in history. He became a Barrister at Lincoln's Inn in 1894, a Bencher in 1915 and King's Counsel (KC) in 1919.

Macnaghten sat as Member of Parliament for North Londonderry in 1922 and then for Londonderry from 1922 to 1929. He was Recorder of Colchester from 1924-1928, and a Judge of the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division from 1928-1947.

He was knighted (KBE) in 1920 appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1948. He was Commissary of the University of Cambridge from 1926. He married the daughter of social reformer Charles Booth and had three daughters, all of whom became socialists and married Communists.

He died in January 1955, aged 86.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Hugh Thom Barrie	Member of Parliament for Londonderry 1922	Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Preceded by New constituency	Member of Parliament for Londonderry 1922–1929	Succeeded by Sir Ronald Deane Ross