William Connor Magee
1821–91
Irish-born clergyman. Studied at Trinity College, Dublin. Ordained priest, 1845. Curate of St Thomas, Dublin, 1844–6; of St Saviour, Bath, 1847–50. Minister of the Octagon, Bath, 1851–56. Perpetual curate of Quebec Chapel, London, 1856–64. Rector and vicar of Enniskillen, 1860–4. Dean of Cork, 1864–8. Dean of the Vice-Regal Chapel, Dublin, 1866–9. Bishop of Peterborough, 1868–91. Archbishop of York, 1891. Famous as an orator.
Sources
Crockford’s clerical directory
ODNB.
Bibliography
Crockford’s clerical directory: The clerical directory, a biographical and statistical book of reference for facts relating to the clergy and the church. Crockford’s clerical directory etc. London: John Crockford [and others]. 1858–1900.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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