Born: June 18, 1826, Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 19, 1910, Queen’s Gate Pal­ace, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Buried: In the church­yard at Bi­shop­thorpe, York, di­rect­ly op­po­site the arch­bi­shop’s pal­ace. He lies along­side his long­stand­ing friend and for­mer chap­lain, John Ke­ble, ne­phew of hymn­ist John Ke­ble.

In ear­ly life Mac­La­gan en­tered the ar­my, and served for some time in In­dia. Re­tir­ing with the rank of lieu­ten­ant, he en­tered St. Pe­ter’s Coll­ege, Cam­bridge (BA 1856, MA 1860). Tak­ing Ho­ly Or­ders, he served in num­er­ous po­si­tions, in­clud­ing Cur­ate of St. Sav­iour’s, Pad­ding­ton (1856-58); Cur­ate of St. Ste­phen’s, Ma­ry­le­bone (1858-60); Sec­re­tary to the Lon­don Di­o­ce­san Church Build­ing So­ci­e­ty (1860-65); Cur­ate of En­field (1865-69); Rec­tor of St. Ma­ry’s, New­ing­ton (1869-75); Vi­car of Ken­sing­ton (1875-78); Bi­shop of Lich­field (1878); and Arch­bi­shop of York (1891; in this of­fice, he crowned Queen Alex­an­dra at the co­ro­na­tion of Ed­ward VII). He was al­so Hon. Chap­lain to the Queen, and Pre­ben­dary of Re­cul­ver­land in St. Paul’s Ca­thed­ral, Lon­don. He retired in 1909.

Sources

Hymns

  1. Again the Trumpet Sounds
  2. Be Still, My Soul! for God is Near!
  3. Ho­ly Spirit, Lord of Love
  4. It Is Finished! Blessed Jesus
  5. Lord, When Thy Kingdom Comes
  6. Saints of God! Their Conflict Past, The
  7. What Thanks and Praise to Thee We Owe

Music

  1. Bread of Heaven
  2. Newington
  3. Palms of Glory
  4. Showers of Blessing