Sir Malcolm Martin Macnaghten KBE, QC (12 January 1869 – 24 January 1955), was a

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Unionist politician and judge, the fourth son of Lord Macnaghten, Bt. Sir Malcolm was educated at

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and

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, where he was

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in 1890, he graduated with 1st class honours in history. He was a

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; he became a Barrister at Lincoln's Inn in 1894, a

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in 1915 and King's Counsel (KC) in 1919. Macnaghten sat as

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for North Londonderry in 1922 and then for Londonderry from 1922 to 1929. He was

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from 1924 to 1928, and a Judge of the

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, King Bench Division from 1928 to 1947. He was knighted (KBE) in 1920 and appointed a

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in the

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. 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 including the artist

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, and one son. He kept a house at Campden Hill Court, London W8 and an Irish home - The End House,

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, Co. Antrim. Sir Malcolm died in January 1955, aged 86.

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