William Hay Macnaghten

Sir William Hay Macnaghten, 1st Baronet (1793 – 1841) was a British civil servant in India, and the assistant of Lord Auckland in the late 1830s.
==Biography==
In 1839, William Hay Macnaghten and General Francis Cotton planned to poison Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Sikh Empire, the last remaining Indian nation opposing the conquests of the British Empire. Macnaghten was an ally to the Templars,Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide and both men wanted to unite India under the British Crown.Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia (third edition) Cotton himself was a member of the Templar Order.Assassin's Creed: Brahman
Macnaghten and Cotton joined a feast thrown by the Maharaja in Amritsar, where they met the Assassin Arbaaz Mir, posing as an emmissary from Kashmir. Later, while consulting with the Maharaja in private, they had poisoned Ranjit Singh's tea, which would later result in his death.
==Gallery==
ACBM-Arbaaz and Macnaghten.jpg|Macnaghten meeting Arbaaz Mir
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Brahman
==References==
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