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{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = {{pre-nominal styles|size=100%|MRevd|&RHPC}}
| name = William Maclagan
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|}}
| title = [[Archbishop of York]]
| image = Apb William Dalrymple Maclagan.jpg
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| province = [[Province of York]]
| diocese = [[Diocese of York]]
| enthroned = 15 September 1891, [[York Minster]]
| term_end = 1908 (ret.)
| predecessor = [[William Connor Magee]]
| successor = [[Cosmo Gordon Lang]]
| other_post = [[Bishop of Lichfield]] (24 June {?}/11 July 1878 {enthr.}–1891)

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1826|6|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Edinburgh]], [[Edinburghshire]], Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1910|9|19|1826|6|18|df=y}}
| death_place = [[South Kensington]], [[Middlesex]], England
| buried = [[Bishopthorpe]] churchyard
| nationality = [[British people|British]]
| religion = [[Anglicanism|Anglican]]
| residence = [[Bishopthorpe Palace]] (as archbishop)
| parents = [[David Maclagan]] & Jane née Whiteside
| spouse = 1. Sarah née Clapham, 1860 (m.)–1862 (her d.)<br />2. the Hon Augusta née [[William Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington|Barrington]], 1878 (m.)–1910 (his d.)
| children = with Sarah: Revd Walter & 1 other son; with Augusta: [[Eric Maclagan|Sir Eric]] & 1 daughter
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| education = [[Royal High School, Edinburgh]]
| alma_mater = [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]]
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[[File:Arms of Bishops of Lichfield.jpg|thumb|Stained glass window showing arms of Bishop Maclagan (bottom left), Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross]]
'''William Dalrymple Maclagan''' (18 June 1826 – 19 September 1910) was [[Archbishop of York]] from 1891 to 1908, when he resigned his office, and was succeeded in 1909 by [[Cosmo Gordon Lang]], later [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].<ref>[http://www.yorkminster.org/learning/the-minsters-history/lists-of-archbishops/ York Minster | Lists of Archbishops] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307103246/http://www.yorkminster.org/learning/the-minsters-history/lists-of-archbishops/ |date=7 March 2007 }} at www.yorkminster.org</ref> As Archbishop of York, Maclagan crowned [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] in 1902.

==Early life==
Maclagan, the fifth son of a distinguished [[Scotland|Scottish]] physician [[David Maclagan]] [[FRSE]] (1785–1865),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bompa.co.uk/Maclagans/b177.htm |title=Third Generation |access-date=12 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304023305/http://bompa.co.uk/Maclagans/b177.htm#P14 |archive-date=4 March 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> was born in Edinburgh in 1826, and educated at the [[Royal High School, Edinburgh|Royal High School]].<ref>[http://www.royalhigh.co.uk/serv03.htm Northallan Service 3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070512144139/http://www.royalhigh.co.uk/serv03.htm |date=12 May 2007 }} at www.royalhigh.co.uk</ref> His elder brother was the surgeon and scholar [[Douglas Maclagan]]. He served five years in the [[Indian Army (1895–1947)|Indian Army]] rising to the rank of lieutenant and resigning on grounds of ill health.

In 1852, he enrolled at [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]], where he received a degree in mathematics four years later; he was made a deacon that year (1856) in London, and served in the [[Church of England]] thereafter; he was ordained priest in 1857.<ref name="acad">{{acad|id=MLGN852WD|name=Maclagan, William Dalrymple}}</ref> In 1869, he was Rector at Newington, and in 1875, he was Vicar of [[St Mary Abbots]], Kensington; both parishes being in London. 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.

==Bishop of Lichfield (1878–1891)==

He was consecrated a bishop by [[Archibald Campbell Tait]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], on the Feast of the [[Nativity of Saint John the Baptist]] 1878 (24 June) at [[St Paul's Cathedral]].<ref>{{Church Times | title = Consecration of bishops | archive = 1878_06_28_363 | issue = 805 | date = 28 June 1878 | page = 363 | accessed = 26 December 2019 }}</ref>

==Archbishop of York (1891–1908)==
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 the [[Privy Council]] after the accession of King [[Edward VII]] 24 January 1901.<ref>[http://www.londongazette.co.uk/ViewPDF.aspx?pdf=27272&geotype=London&gpn=551&type=ArchivedSupplementPage&all=&exact=&atleast=&similar= Gazette Website: PDF Navigator]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at www.londongazette.co.uk</ref> He made a private visit to Russia in 1897<ref>[http://www.history.ac.uk/ejournal/art4.html The Church of England during the Second World War by Dianne Kirby] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930074143/http://www.history.ac.uk/ejournal/art4.html |date=30 September 2007 }} at www.history.ac.uk</ref> and<ref>[http://www.heraldmag.org/olb/bsl/Library/Russell/Towers/Zwt1897/ZWTMay97.PDF ZWT May 1897] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317132557/http://www.heraldmag.org/olb/bsl/Library/Russell/Towers/Zwt1897/ZWTMay97.PDF |date=17 March 2016 }} at webcache.googleusercontent.com</ref> in the same year, he tried to create two new bishoprics, one in [[Sheffield]]. 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 naming [[Sheffield]] and [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] as the preferred seats for the new dioceses. By the end of his tenure, there were still only nine dioceses in the province.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~exy1/fh_material/Making_of_Sheffield/8-BISH.TXT |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825172714/http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~exy1/fh_material/Making_of_Sheffield/8-BISH.TXT |archive-date=25 August 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 superior [[Frederick 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.

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).

==Family==
Maclagan was twice married. His first wife was Sarah Kate Clapham (1836–1864),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bompa.co.uk/Maclagans/b16.htm |title=Fourth Generation |access-date=12 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304023211/http://bompa.co.uk/Maclagans/b16.htm#P16 |archive-date=4 March 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 the [[William Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/a4e73f8cbdc6a0cc/19c79d7f4fd05967?lnk=st&q=Maclagan+Lascelles&rnum=1&hl=en#19c79d7f4fd05967 |title=Obit |website= groups.google.com|access-date=3 October 2021}} </ref>
(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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190717183233/http://www.helsinki.fi/iehc2006/papers3/Maltby.pdf That wide-eyed sceptical curiosity that makes women so formidable] at webcache.googleusercontent.com</ref> 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),<ref>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~ericah/thoscatt.html DESCENDANTS CHART FOR THOMAS CATTLEY OF CLAPHAM (from Legacy) 2)] at members.iinet.net.au</ref> had a son William Dalrymple Maclagan, schoolmaster, and a daughter, Evelyn Maclagan, physician,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bompa.co.uk/Maclagans/b135.htm |title=Fifth Generation |access-date=12 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304023240/http://bompa.co.uk/Maclagans/b135.htm#P135 |archive-date=4 March 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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)<ref>[http://darwin.lib.cam.ac.uk/perl/nav?pclass=name;pkey=Maclagan%2C%20A.%20D. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204125405/http://darwin.lib.cam.ac.uk/perl/nav?pclass=name |date=4 February 2007 }}</ref> and<ref>[http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collections/artist_search.php?objectId=63164 National Galleries of Scotland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021170026/http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collections/artist_search.php?objectId=63164 |date=21 October 2007 }} at www.nationalgalleries.org</ref> Sir Douglas, also educated at the Royal High School in Edinburgh, was a fellow of the [[Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh]], 1833 and was knighted in 1886. He was a correspondent of [[Charles Darwin]]. Another brother was General Sir [[Robert Maclagan]] [[FRSE]] [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]] R.E. (1820–1893).<ref>W. Broadfoot, "One of a Remarkable Family: General Robert Maclagan, R.E.", Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol.156, pp. 247–253</ref> The artist Philip Douglas Maclagan (1901–1972) is descended from an older brother.

==Royal connections==
He baptised [[Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood|Princess Mary of York]] later Countess of Harewood, on 7 June 1897 at [[St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham|St Mary Magdalene's Church]] near [[Sandringham House]]. She was the only daughter of [[George V]]. Curiously, her husband, [[George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood]], would be a cousin of his future daughter-in-law Helen Lascelles. Maclagan, as Archbishop of York, was possibly chosen to christen the new royal princess because her parents were then Duke and Duchess of York.<ref>[http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~canyon/christenings.htm Yvonne's Royalty Home Page: Royal Christenings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008190644/http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~canyon/christenings.htm |date=8 October 2007 }} at mypage.uniserve.ca</ref>

In 1902 he [[coronation of the British monarch|crowned]] [[Alexandra of Denmark]], wife of [[Edward VII]], as [[List of British consorts|Queen of the United Kingdom]].<ref>Battiscombe, Georgina (1969): ''Queen Alexandra'', p. 249; London: Constable. {{ISBN|0-09-456560-0}}</ref>

==Hymns==
Hymns composed by Maclagan include:
*"The Saints of God! their conflict past", 1869 first appeared in ''Church Bells''<ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mossvalley/mv2/wo/odom07.html MossValley: Chap 7, Fifty Years of Sheffield Church Life 1866–1916, by Rev William Odom] at freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com</ref> (lyrics,<ref>[https://www.gsarchive.net/hymns/pdf/saints_of_god.pdf Saints of God] {{dead link|date=April 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} at webcache.googleusercontent.com</ref> or [https://web.archive.org/web/20070417222049/http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/t/t315.html here])
*"It is finished! blessed Jesus" (music and lyrics [https://web.archive.org/web/20061116060636/http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/i/i341.html here])
*"Palms of glory, raiment bright", date not known.

==Works==
Written works by Maclagan include:
*Frederick Temple and William Dalrymple Maclagan. "Answer of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to the Bull Apostolicae Curae of H. H. Leo XIII" (on English Ordinations),<ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgbmxd/saepius.htm ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000831201145/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgbmxd/saepius.htm |date=31 August 2000 }} at www.ucl.ac.uk</ref> dated 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)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
*{{cite EB1922|wstitle=Maclagan, William Dalrymple |volume=31 |p=828}}
*{{cite web |title=Most Rev. William Dalrymple Maclagan from The Gazetteer for Scotland |website=Gazetteer for Scotland | url=http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1831.html |ref={{sfnref|Gazetteer for Scotland}} |access-date=10 September 2018}}
*{{cite ODNB|last=Ward |first=A. W. |last2=Machin |first2=Ian (reviser) |id=34773 |title=Maclagan, William Dalrymple (1826–1910)|year=2004}}

==Images==
Maclagan's portrait can be seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20070410020645/http://www.antiquemapsandprints.com/scansj/j-20204.jpg here], and here.
* [https://archive.today/20130131083226/http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/24567/g/1/mcms.html A younger man] as Lord Bishop of Lichfield, between 1878 and 1891.
*[http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp02897 Images at the National Portrait Gallery]

==Further reading==
* How, Frederick Douglas. ''Archbishop Maclagan: Being a Memoir of the Most Reverend the Right Honourable William Dalrymple Maclagan, D.D.,Archbishop of York and Primate of England'' London: W. Gardner and Darton, 1911.
* ''Notes and Queries'' 1930 CLIX: 47, inputs by his son Eric Maclagan, H.M. Cashmore, and C. Roy Huddleston

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