William Maclagan | |
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| Archbishop of York | |
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| Province | Province of York |
| Diocese | Diocese of York |
| Installed | 15 September 1891,York Minster |
| Term ended | 1908 (ret.) |
| Predecessor | William Connor Magee |
| Successor | Cosmo Gordon Lang |
| Other post | Bishop of Lichfield (24 June {?}/11 July 1878 {enthr.}–1891) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1826-06-18)18 June 1826 Edinburgh,Edinburghshire, Scotland |
| Died | 19 September 1910(1910-09-19) (aged 84) South Kensington,Middlesex, England |
| Buried | Bishopthorpe churchyard |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Residence | Bishopthorpe Palace (as archbishop) |
| Parents | David Maclagan & Jane née Whiteside |
| Spouse | 1. Sarah née Clapham, 1860 (m.)–1862 (her d.) 2. the Hon Augusta néeBarrington, 1878 (m.)–1910 (his d.) |
| Children | with Sarah: Revd Walter & 1 other son; with Augusta:Sir Eric & 1 daughter |
| Education | Royal High School, Edinburgh |
| Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
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William Dalrymple Maclagan (18 June 1826 – 19 September 1910) wasArchbishop of York from 1891 to 1908, when he resigned his office. He was succeeded in 1909 byCosmo Gordon Lang, laterArchbishop of Canterbury.[1] As Archbishop of York, Maclagan crownedQueen Alexandra in 1902.
Maclagan, the fifth son of a distinguishedScottish physicianDavid MaclaganFRSE (1785–1865),[2] was born in Edinburgh in 1826, and educated at theRoyal High School.[3] His elder brother was the surgeon and scholarDouglas Maclagan. He served five years in theIndian Army rising to the rank of lieutenant and resigning on grounds of ill health.
In 1852, he matriculated atPeterhouse, Cambridge, where he received a degree in mathematics four years later; he was made a deacon that year (1856) in London, and served in theChurch of England thereafter; he was ordained priest in 1857.[4] In 1869, he became rector ofNewington, and in 1875, vicar ofSt Mary Abbots, Kensington; both parishes being in the London conurbation. During this period, he composed several hymns. On 24 June 1878, he became Bishop of Lichfield, in the same year that he made a prestigious second marriage.
He was consecrated a bishop byArchibald Campbell Tait,Archbishop of Canterbury, on the Feast of theNativity of Saint John the Baptist 1878 (24 June) atSt Paul's Cathedral.[5]
In 1891 (possibly 28 July 1891), he was translated Archbishop of York, which position he held for the next seventeen years. He was appointed to thePrivy Council after the accession of KingEdward VII 24 January 1901.[6] He made a private visit to Russia in 1897[7] and[8] in the same year, he tried to create two new bishoprics, one inSheffield. To do this, the Archbishop was prepared to surrender two thousand pounds of his considerable income – one thousand pounds for each new diocese, but the project still came to nothing. Maclagan complained that from 1891, he had been more Bishop than Archbishop owing to the large population and territory of the diocese. In 1906, he revived the idea, specifically namingSheffield andHull as the preferred seats for the new dioceses. By the end of his tenure, there were still only nine dioceses in the province.[9] Sheffield did not get its own Bishop until 1914.
Maclagan was apparently a strong High Churchman, but his private beliefs had to be subsumed often. In 1899, he sat assessor with his ecclesiastical superiorFrederick Temple,Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1902), when the decision was given against the use of incense and other ritualistic practices, and was obliged loyally to uphold the primate's opinion. He was president of theChurch Society for the Promotion of Kindness to Animals.[10]
Maclagan resigned his office in 1908, possibly on grounds of ill health. Archbishop Maclagan died in London on 19 September 1910, and was survived by his second wife Augusta (1826–1915).
Maclagan was twice married. His first wife was Sarah Kate Clapham (1836–1864),[11] whom he married in 1860 at the age of 34. By her he had two sons, Cyril and Walter.
He was married secondly on 12 November 1878 to the Honourable Augusta Anne Barrington (1836–1915), a daughter of the daughter of theWilliam Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington.[12](Augusta Maclagan had money settled upon her when she married Maclagan, then Bishop of Lichfield, in 1878; for the sources of this money and how it was invested, see this paper.[13] About half her money was settled upon her son Eric when he married in 1913. Thus, the Archbishop's wife, son and daughter-in-law all had independent means, necessary to preserve their social status.). By his second wife, he had a son Eric (1879–1951), and a daughter Theodora "Dora" Maclagan (1881–1976).
His eldest son Cyril died childless. His second son, Walter Dalrymple Maclagan (1862–1929),[14] had a son William Dalrymple Maclagan, schoolmaster, and a daughter, Evelyn Maclagan, physician,[15] both of whom apparently died unmarried. His third and youngest son,Eric Maclagan (1879–1951) married in 1913 and left two sons,Michael Maclagan (1914–2003), herald and historian; and Gerald Maclagan (d. 1942, killed in action), who had been working in Rhodesian Railways. His posterity is represented by the three surviving children of Michael Maclagan.
Maclagan was the younger brother of Professor Sir Douglas Maclagan, MD, otherwise known as Andrew Douglas Maclagan (1812–1900)[16] and[17] Sir Douglas, also educated at the Royal High School in Edinburgh, was a fellow of theRoyal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1833 and was knighted in 1886. He was a correspondent ofCharles Darwin. Another brother was General SirRobert MaclaganFRSEKCMG R.E. (1820–1893).[18] The artist Philip Douglas Maclagan (1901–1972) is descended from an older brother.
He baptisedPrincess Mary of York later Countess of Harewood, on 7 June 1897 atSt Mary Magdalene's Church nearSandringham House. In 1902 hecrownedAlexandra of Denmark, wife ofEdward VII, asQueen of the United Kingdom.[19]
Hymns composed by Maclagan include:
Written works by Maclagan include:
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)Maclagan's portrait can be seenhere, and here.
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