William Dalrymple Maclagan
William Dalrymple Maclagan (born June 18, 1826 in Edinburgh , † September 19, 1910 in London ) was Archbishop of York from 1891 to 1908. As Archbishop of York, he crowned Queen Alexandra in 1902 .
Life
Maclagan was born in Edinburgh as the fifth son of the respected Scottish doctor David Maclagan (1785-1865). He studied at the Royal High School and then served five years in the Indian Army, from which he then resigned with the rank of lieutenant for health reasons. In 1852 he enrolled at Peterhouse in Cambridge , where he graduated four years later with a degree in mathematics. He was also ordained a deacon and then served in the Church of England . In 1869 he became rector of Newington , and in 1875 he became vicar of St. Mary's Abbots, Kensington . During this time he composed several hymns .
On June 24, 1878, he became Bishop of Lichfield . In 1891 he changed the bishopric and became Archbishop of York for 17 years . He was a member of the Privy Council after the approval of King Edward VII on January 24, 1901. After a private visit to Russia in 1897, he tried in the same year to found two new suffragan dioceses , one of them in Sheffield . To accomplish this, the Archbishop was willing to use £ 2,000 of his income - £ 1,000 for each new diocese, but the project stagnated. Maclagan lamented in 1891 that he was more bishop than archbishop because of the large population and vast territory of the archdiocese. In 1906 he raised the idea again, specifically naming Sheffield and Hull as preferred episcopal seats for the new dioceses. By the end of his tenure, however, there were still only nine dioceses in the archdiocese. Sheffield was not to have its own bishop until 1914.
Maclagan was evidently a strict cleric, but his private convictions were often neglected. In 1899 he met his church superiors Dr. Frederick Temple , Archbishop of Canterbury († 1902), a decision against the use of incense and other liturgical practices; he was dutiful and loyal in enforcing the primate's views.
Maclagan resigned from office in 1908, possibly for health reasons.
Archbishop Maclagan died in London on September 19, 1910, leaving behind his second wife Augusta (1836–1915).
family
Maclagan was married twice. He married his first wife Sarah Kate Clapham (1836–1864) in 1860. With her he had two sons Cyril and Walter (1862–1929). His second wife, Augusta Anne Barrington Anne (1836-1915), granddaughter of the 6th Viscount Barrington, he married on November 12, 1878, then already Bishop of Lichfield. With his second wife he had children Eric (1879–1951) and Theodora "Dora" Maclagan (1881–1976). Maclagan was the younger brother of Professor Sir (Andrew) Douglas Maclagan, MD (1812-1900). Sir Douglas, who also trained at the Royal High School in Edinburgh, was a colleague of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh , 1833 and was knighted in 1886 and was in contact with Charles Darwin . Another brother was apparently General Robert Maclagan, RE (1820-1893).
He baptized Princess Mary of York , later Countess of Harewood, on June 7, 1897 at St Mary Magdalene's Church near Sandringham House . She was the only daughter of the future King George V. Archbishop Maclagan was selected for baptism because the princess's parents were Duke and Duchess of York.
In 1902 he crowned Alexandra of Denmark , wife of King Edward VII, Queen of the United Kingdom.
Hymns composed by Dr. Maclagan
- The Saints of God! their conflict past , in 1869 for the first time at Church Bells (text or here )
- It is finished! blessed Jesus (music and lyrics here )
- Palms of glory, raiment bright , date unknown.
Works
- Frederick Temple and William Dalrymple Maclagan. Answer of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to the Bull Apostolicae curae of HH Leo XIII , from circa 1897.
- William Dalrymple Maclagan. Hymns and Hymn Tunes by the late Archbishop MacLagan , printed for use in York Minster etc. by William Dalrymple Maclagan (1915)
- William Dalrymple Maclagan Archbishop of York on reservation of Sacrament (1900).
literature
- Maclagan, William Dalrymple . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 31 : English literature - Oyama, Iwao . London 1922, p. 828 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
- Most Rev. William Dalrymple Maclagan
- PictureHistory
- Image in the National Portrait Gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ royalhigh.co.uk
- ↑ freepages.history.rootsweb.com
- ↑ groups.google.com
- ↑ nationalgalleries.org
- ^ Battiscombe, Georgina (1969): Queen Alexandra , page 249; London: Constable. ISBN 0-09-456560-0
- ↑ Moss Valley: Chap 7, Fifty Years of Sheffield Church Life 1866-1916, Rev William Odom by on freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com
- ↑ Saints of God ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) on 72.14.253.104
- ^ Letter from the Archbishops of York and Canterbury Saepius Officio ( Memento of August 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| William Connor Magee |
Archbishop of York 1891–1908 |
Cosmo Gordon Lang |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maclagan, William Dalrymple |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of York (1891–1908) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1910 |
| Place of death | London |