William Magenis

Very Rev. William Magenis, DD (c.1770 – 22 January 1825) was an Anglo-Irish priest who served as Dean of Kilmore from 1801[1] until his death at age 54.[2][3]

Magenis, also spelt Magennis, was the second of two sons of Richard Magenis, MP in the Parliament of Ireland, and Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of Col. William Berkeley and sister of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne. His elder brother was Richard Magenis, MP for Enniskillen, who was the father of diplomat Sir Arthur Magenis.[4]

There is a memorial to him in Kilmore Cathedral.[5]

References

  1. A New History of Ireland Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  2. "Friday's Post" The Ipswich Journal (Ipswich, England), Saturday, February 5, 1825; Issue 4530
  3. "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland". Retrieved 2012-02-06.
  4. Burke, Bernard (1899). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. Harrison & sons. p. 291. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  5. "Co. Cavan; Ireland Newspaper Abstracts". www.irelandoldnews.com. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
George de la Poer Beresford
Dean of Kilmore
1801– 1825
Succeeded by
Henry Vesey-FitzGerald


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