William Connor Magee

1821–1891 · Church of Ireland, then Church of England · Peterborough and York, England

William Connor Magee (1821–1891), Irish by birth and training, was Bishop of Peterborough from 1868 and for a few months before his death Archbishop of York. He was the readiest debater on the episcopal bench and a preacher of great rhetorical force, his sermon on the Christian's chief end and his speeches on the Irish Church being widely reported.