The Workman-Macnaghten, later Macnaghten Baronetcy, of Bushmills House in the County of Antrim, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 July 1836 for Francis Workman-Macnaghten, a Judge of the Supreme Court of Madras between 1809 and 1815 and of Calcutta between 1815 and 1825. Born Francis Workman, he assumed the additional surname of Workman in 1809. The fourth Baronet discontinued the use of the surname Workman. In 1887 he was created a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the House of Lords of the United Kingdom in order to exercise its judicial functions, which included acting as the highest court of appeal for most domestic matters...

 as Baron Macnaghten, of Runkerry in the County of Antrim. Both the sixth and seventh Baronets were killed in the First World War.

Ernest Macnaghten (1872-1948), grandson of Elliot Macnaghten, fourth son of the first Baronet, was a Brigadier-General in the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

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The Macnaghten family is of great antiquity in the Western Highlands. The present Baronet is Chief of Clan Macnaghten

Clan MacNaghten

Clan Macnaghten is a Scottish clan who claim descent from the eighth century Pictish king, Nechtan.-Origins of the clan:The earliest reference to the Clan Macnaghten is in connection with great Pictish rulers of Moray. The name 'Nechten' which means "pure" or "clear" was popular in the Pictish...

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Workman-Macnaghten, later Macnaghten Baronets, of Bushmills House (1836)

• Sir Francis Workman-Macnaghten, 1st Baronet (1763–1843)
• Sir Edmund Charles Workman-Macnaghten, 2nd Baronet (1790–1876)
• Sir Francis Edmund Workman-Macnaghten, 3rd Baronet (1828–1911)
• Sir Edward Macnaghten, 4th Baronet
  Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten
  Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten, Bart., GCB, GCMG was an Anglo-Irish rower, barrister, Conservative-Unionist politician and one of seven Lords of Appeal in Ordinary.-Early life and rowing:...
  
   (1830–1913) (created a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
  Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
  Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the House of Lords of the United Kingdom in order to exercise its judicial functions, which included acting as the highest court of appeal for most domestic matters...
  
   as Baron Macnaghten in 1887)
• Sir Edward Charles Macnaghten, 5th Baronet (1859–1914)
• Sir Edward Harry Macnaghten, 6th Baronet (1896–1916)
• Sir Arthur Douglas Macnaghten, 7th Baronet (1897–1916)
• Sir Francis Alexander Macnaghten, 8th Baronet (1863–1951)
• Sir Frederic Fergus Macnaghten, 9th Baronet (1867–1955)
• Sir Antony Macnaghten, 10th Baronet (1899–1972)
• Sir Patrick Alexander Macnaghten, 11th Baronet
  Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet
  Sir Patrick Alexander Macnaghten, 11th Baronet, DL was a British baronet and Chief of the Clan Macnaghten....
  
  (1927-2007)
• Sir Malcolm Macnaghten, 12th Baronet (b. 1956)