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.