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{{Short description|British Army officer}}
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|name = Brig.-Gen. E.B. Macnaghten
|image = Ernest Brander Macnaghten.jpg
|imagesize = 150px
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|order = [[Shanghai Municipal Council#List of Chairmen of the Shanghai Municipal Council|Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council]]
|term_start = April 1930
|term_end = April 1932
|predecessor = [[Harry Edward Arnhold]]
|successor = [[Alexander Dunlop Bell|A.D. Bell]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1872|9|11|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[India]]
|death_date = {{death date|1948|11|21|df=y}} (aged 76)
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|profession = Army Officer
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'''Ernest Brander Macnaghten''' [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (1872–1948) was a British Army officer who also served as the chairman of the [[Shanghai]] [[Shanghai International Settlement|Municipal Council]] from 1930 to 1932.

==Early life==

Macnaghten was born 11 September 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]], where he was awarded the Sword of Honour.<ref>Macnaughten's entry in Men of Shanghai and North China.</ref>

==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), [[British Somaliland|Somaliland]] (1903–1904), India (1905–1909), England (1910–1914) and in [[France]] during [[World War I]] where he was awarded two brevets, [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]], [[Croix de Guerre]] and eight mentions in dispatches. He rose to the rank of [[Colonel]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Macnaghten's entry in Men of Shanghai and North China.</ref>

==Shanghai==
[[File:Richard Feetham and Ernest Macnaghten in Shanghai in 1931.jpg|thumb|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]].<ref name="thepeerage">{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p50702.htm|title=- Person Page 50702|publisher=thepeerage.com|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref>

He joined [[British American Tobacco]] in [[Shanghai International Settlement|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.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

==Marriage and children==

Macnaghten married Yvonne Marie Forrester at [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor, England]] on 4 October 1906. They had five children, Susan May, Joan Yvonne Marie, Audrey Clarisse and James Steuart (twins) and Garrelle Renee.<ref>Macnaghten's entry in Men of North China and http://www.thepeerage.com/p50702.htm</ref>

==Retirement and death==

Macnaghten retired to his house Haygates in [[Finchampstead]], [[Berkshire]].<ref>Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour (Volume 2), p270</ref> He died on 21 November 1948 in the same town.<ref name="thepeerage"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://yooniqimages.com/images/detail/102201427/brigadier-general-ernest-brander-macnaghten-1872-1948-british-army-officer-during-the-first-world-war Picture of Macnaghten in military uniform]
*[https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/ro-n0622 Picture of McNaghten in 1937 arriving for a meeting of the Nanshi Supervisory Committee Meeting]
*[http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll46/id/1491 Picture of Macnaghten at an Armistice Day ceremony at the Shanghai cenotaph in 1939]
*[http://www.chinarhyming.com/2010/03/17/they-unveiled-a-plaque-on-medhurst-road-in-1931-and-its-still-there/ Article about and picture of plaque unveiled by Macnaghten in Shanghai in 1931]

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