| Surname | MacNaghten |
| First Name(s) | Sir William Hay, (Bart) |
| Date of Rank as Writer Writer | 1814, Apr 30 |
| Execution of Covenant | 1814, Feb 2 |
| Notification of Appointment from the Honourable Court of Directors | 1814, Feb 18 |
| Arrived in India | 1814, Sep 30 |
| Date 5 | 1815, Jul 26: Assistant to the Register of the Sudder Dewanny and Nizamat Adawlut. |
| Date 6 | 1816, May 24: Discharging the Duties of the First Assistant and Preparer of Reports of the Sudder Dewanny and Nizamat Adawlut. |
| Date 7 | 1817, Apr 11: Officiating Deputy Register and Translator of Regulations. |
| Date 8 | 1817, Jun 6: First Assistant in the Office of Register of the Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut, Preparer of Reports and Acting Joint-Magistrate of Malda. |
| Date 9 | 1818, May 12: Officiating Deputy Register of the Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut, and Translator of Regulations. |
| Date 10 | 1818, Nov 27: Officiating Joint-Magistrate of Malda. |
| Date 11 | 1819, Oct 29: First Assistant in the Office of Register of the Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut, Preparer of Reports and Acting Joint-Magistrate of Malda. |
| Date 12 | 1820, Feb 4: Register of the Civil Court at, and Assistant to the Magistrate of, Bhaugulpore, and Exercising the Powers of Joint-Magistrate at Monghyr. |
| Date 13 | 1820, Feb 14: Acting Judge and Magistrate of Shahabad. |
| Date 14 | 1822, Jan 25: Deputy Register of the Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut, Translator of the Regulations, and Officiating Register. |
| Date 15 | 1822, Sep 25: Register of the Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut, Translator of the Regulations, and Officiating Register. |
| Date 16 | 1824, Mar 26: Member of the General Committee of Public Instruction. |
| Date 17 | 1824, Apr 29: Register of the Court of the Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut. |
| Date 18 | 1825, Nov 4: Member of the Council of the College of Fort William. |
| Date 19 | 1830, Apr 13: Acting Deputy Secretary in the Territorial Department. |
| Date 20 | 1831, Jan 4: Secretary to Government in the Judicial and Revenue Departments. |
| Date 21 | 1831: On Duty with the Governor General on his tour to the Upper Provinces. |
| Date 22 | 1833, Feb 23: Officiating Chief Secretary and Secretary to Government in the Secret and Political Department. |
| Date 23 | 1833, Mar 15: Secretary in the Secret and Political Department. |
| Date 24 | 1834, June 16: Officiating Chief Secretary to the Government of India. |
| Date 25 | 1834, Nov 20: Secretary to the Government of India and Bengal in the Secret Political, Revenue and Judicial Departments. |
| Date 26 | 1837, Oct 9: In Charge of the Several Civil Departments with the Governor General on his Tour to the North Western Provinces. |
| Date 27 | 1838, Oct 23: Envoy and Minister on the part of the Government of India at the Court of Shah Shooja ool Moolk. |
| Date 28 | 1840, Jan 27: Created a Baronet. |
| Date 29 | 1841, Aug 4: Governor of Bombay. (Never joined). |
| Date 30 | Killed at Cabool, December 24th, 1841. |